Hotel industry

Many entrepreneurial Japanese families owned and operated hotels in Japantowns or Chinatowns. In Seattle, for instance, the "skidroad" neighborhood featured many Japanese-run hotels where single men of various races and backgrounds lived. The hotels provided housing as well as income for the families.

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img Glenburnie Rooms labeled East San Pedro Tract 213A (ddr-csujad-43-102)

Photograph number 1286 of Glenburnie Rooms on Terminal Island. The sign in front of the rocks reads: East San Pedro Tract 213A. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_133

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43-102/

img Sandhurst Hotel (ddr-csujad-43-56)

Photograph number 1196 of the Sandhurst Hotel on Terminal Island. Sign reads: East San Pedro Tract 166A. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_077

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43-56/

img Glenburnie Rooms labeled East San Pedro Tract 213B (ddr-csujad-43-106)

Photograph number 1290 of most likely the Glenburnie Rooms on Terminal Island. The office of the hotel or rooms is pictured in the middle. Sign reads: East San Pedro Tract 213B. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_137

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43-106/

img Lone Rooms and Apartments and Busy Bee Cafe (ddr-csujad-43-175)

Photograph number 1523 of the [Lone] Rooms and Apartments (hotel) and Busy Bee Cafe on Terminal Island. Cars pictured parked across the street. The sign on the train tracks reads: East San Pedro Tract 215A. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_073

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-43-175/

doc Withholding receipt 1944, Form W-2 (ddr-csujad-5-72)

Hatsuno Hotty Okine's withholding receipt 1944 Form W-2 issued by the Ray Industries, Chicago, Illinois. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_14_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-72/

doc Withholding receipt 1944, Form W-2 (ddr-csujad-5-74)

Hatsuno Hotty Okine's withholding receipt 1944 Form W-2 from Avenue Hotel Corporations, Chicago, Illinois. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_14_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-74/

doc Withholding receipt 1944, Form W-2 (ddr-csujad-5-73)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-73/

doc Tamijiro Mori (ddr-csujad-8-93)

Oral history interview with Tamijiro Mori. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Mori, Tamajiro

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-93/

img Nihonmachi hotel (ddr-densho-124-16)

An Issei man stands in the doorway of his hotel, located on Yesler Avenue in Seattle's Nihonmachi or Japantown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-124-16/

img Alaskan Hotel (ddr-densho-128-42)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-42/

img Imperial Hotel (ddr-densho-162-2)

The Imperial Hotel was operated by the Hatsuzo Murakami Family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-162-2/

doc Nisei's Return Causes Rift In Nurses at Harborview (February 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1099)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 2, 1945, p. 15

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-1099/

Bath and Bed for Fifteen Cents in Modern Hotel. M. Miyaguwa Solves High Cost of Living Problem and Adds 'Must Do' Feature to Keep Guests Clean. (January 8, 1915) (ddr-densho-56-259)

doc Bath and Bed for Fifteen Cents in Modern Hotel. M. Miyaguwa Solves High Cost of Living Problem and Adds 'Must Do' Feature to Keep Guests Clean. (January 8, 1915) (ddr-densho-56-259)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 8, 1915, p. 3

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-259/

doc Kubota Changes Moving Day, He and Tenant End Dispute (January 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1094)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 12, 1945, p. 2

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-1094/

doc Too Many in a Room. Japanese Lodging Houses Violating Sanitary Regulations. (May 21, 1900) (ddr-densho-56-10)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 21, 1900, p. 8

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-10/

doc Hotel Man Held. J. Furimoko Charged With Failing to Maintain Necessary Minimum of Heat. (November 5, 1919) (ddr-densho-56-341)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 5, 1919, p. 3

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-341/

doc Jap's Tenant Plans to Fight Owner's Return (January 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1093)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 10, 1945, p. 5

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-1093/

Americans Barred Where Japanese May Enter. Citizens of United States Cannot Get Hotel or Saloon Licenses in Vancouver, B.C. -- Case of Nipponese. (June 22, 1916) (ddr-densho-56-282)

doc Americans Barred Where Japanese May Enter. Citizens of United States Cannot Get Hotel or Saloon Licenses in Vancouver, B.C. -- Case of Nipponese. (June 22, 1916) (ddr-densho-56-282)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 22, 1916, p. 5

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-282/

doc Hotel Owners Pay Fines. Three Found Guilty of Failing to Give Heat; Others Forfeit. (May 20, 1919) (ddr-densho-56-325)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 20, 1919, p. 2

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-325/

doc Spokane Officials Rap Coming of Japs (July 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-943)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 3, 1943, p. 4

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-943/

doc Hotels, Owned by Japs, Probed (February 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-627)

The Seattle Daily Times, February 16, 1942, p. 10

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-627/

doc Yoshito Fujii Parolee's or Internee's-At-Large Agreement (ddr-sbbt-2-35)

A personal report of Yoshito Fujii's weekly activities submitted for his parolee's or internee's-at-large agreement.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-35/

img Man outside hot springs (ddr-densho-255-107)

Japanese man standing outside an onsen (hot springs). Sign in Japanese reads "Tamanoyu."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-255-107/

img Washington Hotel (ddr-densho-34-45)

The two-story Washington Hotel (left) was started in about 1900 by Hanjiro Kono and was later operated by Sohichi Shigemura. The Ikuta Barber Shop is behind the community bulletin board along the walkway. Port Blakely is located on the southeast end of Bainbridge Island, Washington.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-45/

img Group photo in front of a store front (ddr-densho-348-42)

Five men and one woman standing in snow pose together for a photo in front of a store front.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-42/