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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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Spokane Officials Rap Coming of Japs (July 3, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-943)
The Seattle Daily Times, July 3, 1943, p. 4

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Hotels, Owned by Japs, Probed (February 16, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-627)
The Seattle Daily Times, February 16, 1942, p. 10

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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.

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The Niagara Hotel (ddr-densho-36-44)
The Niagara Hotel, owned by K. Sawai, was located at 705-1/2 King Street in Seattle's Nihonmachi, Japantown. (Phone directory, 1925.)

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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.

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Southeast corner of 6th and King Street (ddr-densho-353-120)
Japanese businesses included the King coffee shop, the Mukilteo hotel, Panama grocery and express, Hinode Laundry baths and the Paris Hotel.

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Block of Japanese businesses (ddr-densho-353-102)
Identified businesses are the dentists Dr. H Kato and Dr. S. Higashida upstairs, with the Welcome Hotel, Sanyo 10 cent store, Gosho Drugs, and the Jackson Street Sanitary barber shop on the street level.

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Northeast corner of 6th and King Street (ddr-densho-353-117)
Japanese businesses included the Dreamland Hotel, Komatsu-Zashi, Abe's dry goods store, Tokyo-Wan, Fujii Hotel, Inouye clothing store, New Golden Shoe repair, the Ogata's dry cleaning shop and the Salvation Army mission.

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Businesses on 5th Avenue south (ddr-densho-353-107)
Between Jackson Street and King Street was the Dreamland Cabaret, the St. Paul and Diamond Hotels, Baths Laundry, the NP restaurant and an Italian restaurant.



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The Fujino girls in front of the Waldon Hotel (ddr-densho-353-217)
A note on the back identifies the girls as Matsuko, Akiko, and Hideko.

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Southwest corner of 6th and Weller Street (ddr-densho-353-122)
Japanese businesses included the Paris hotel and Hinode Laundry baths.

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Southeast corner of 5th and King Street (ddr-densho-353-118)
Japanese businesses included the Pool Room, The Sunrise Cafe, and the St. Nicholas Hotel, which was run by Mr. Kato.

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Northeast corner of 6th and Weller Street (ddr-densho-353-123)
Japanese businesses included the Midway hotel, a barber, tailor, dry goods store, and retaurants.