San Jose Japantown

For most of the history of this early 1900s building at 600 North Third St., it served as the residence of an Italian family. Two Nisei attorneys, Wayne Kanemoto and […] READ MORE

Wing Chan was a cook at Ken Ying Low restaurant (625 North Sixth St.) in Heinlenville for many years before purchasing this property at 131 Jackson St. for his own […] READ MORE

In 1902, Shojiro Tatsuno opened the first Nichi Bei Bussan in what is now San Francisco’s Chinatown, carrying American goods that catered to the immigrant Japanese population. In 1948 Tatsuno’s […] READ MORE

The station was designed by Associated Oil Company and constructed between 1932 and 1938 at its current location. Although it no longer offers gasoline, George’s Service Center has provided auto […] READ MORE

Established in 1987, the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) began as a 1984-86 research project on Japanese American farmers in the Santa Clara Valley, which led to the […] READ MORE

Built in 1929, this was the childhood home of Norman Mineta, the former San Jose mayor, U.S. congressman, and U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 2001-2006, the longest serving Transportation Secretary […] READ MORE

Built in 1910 as the Kuwabara Hospital, this building was originally named for its first resident physician, Dr. Taisuke Kuwabara. The hospital closed its doors in 1934. Several community members […] READ MORE

Constructed in 1905 as two portable classrooms from Grant Elementary School. In 1915, a Nihonmachi midwife named Mrs. Hori purchased them and had them moved to her property at 580 […] READ MORE