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Nihonmachi ("Japantowns")

Because of housing and employment discrimination, Japanese Americans tended to cluster in ethnic neighborhoods known as Nihonmachi, or "Japantowns." Living, working, studying, and worshiping in close proximity made for tight-knit communities. With the forced removal of Japanese Americans in the spring of 1942, the bustling Nihonmachis of the West Coast closed down and never fully recovered, even after the war ended.

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Nihonmachi (Japantown) (ddr-densho-42-1)
img Nihonmachi (Japantown) (ddr-densho-42-1)
This area later developed into Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-42-1/
Japanese Americans revisit their painful past (ddr-csujad-55-2109)
doc Japanese Americans revisit their painful past (ddr-csujad-55-2109)
Newspaper clipping published in the Los Angeles Times regarding former incarcerees dismantling barracks at Heart Mountain incarceration camp to send back to Little Tokyo in Los Angeles as a permanent reminder of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2212
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2109/
Sacramento reunion III (ddr-csujad-55-2698)
doc Sacramento reunion III (ddr-csujad-55-2698)
Pamphlet of Sacramento reunion held at the Red Lion Hotel at Sacramento, California. Includes photographs of the Japanese community in Sacramento, California, before the war. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2862
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2698/
Men stand outside the Japanese Togo Employment Agency (ddr-sbbt-1-15)
img Men stand outside the Japanese Togo Employment Agency (ddr-sbbt-1-15)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-1-15/
Men and women stand inside the Sagamiya Confectionary (ddr-sbbt-1-22)
img Men and women stand inside the Sagamiya Confectionary (ddr-sbbt-1-22)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-1-22/
Japanese Fishing Tackle Dealers Association float (ddr-sbbt-1-23)
img Japanese Fishing Tackle Dealers Association float (ddr-sbbt-1-23)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-1-23/
Japanese Togo Employment Agency storefront (ddr-sbbt-1-13)
img Japanese Togo Employment Agency storefront (ddr-sbbt-1-13)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-1-13/
Group stands outside the Japanese Togo Employment Agency (ddr-sbbt-1-18)
img Group stands outside the Japanese Togo Employment Agency (ddr-sbbt-1-18)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-1-18/
Two men stand inside a store (ddr-sbbt-1-8)
img Two men stand inside a store (ddr-sbbt-1-8)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-1-8/
Kome and Masako Nagashima in front of the Sarashima noodle shop (ddr-densho-353-85)
img Kome and Masako Nagashima in front of the Sarashima noodle shop (ddr-densho-353-85)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-85/
Jiro Kaneko's Pacific Printing Company (ddr-densho-353-87)
img Jiro Kaneko's Pacific Printing Company (ddr-densho-353-87)
The Pacific Printing Company was located at 611 Main Street.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-87/
Group of men with a car (ddr-densho-353-82)
img Group of men with a car (ddr-densho-353-82)
Okayama men on Main Street in front of the Mitsuwado. Note on back: " NW Nikkei caption 6-89: Mr. Yanagi (leaning against car) with friends, celebrates his graduation from the U of W's pharmacy school before returning to Japan." Another note says "set at 100, 2 sec"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-82/
The Nagashima's Sarashina Noodle Shop (ddr-densho-353-84)
img The Nagashima's Sarashina Noodle Shop (ddr-densho-353-84)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-84/
Star Laundry wagon (ddr-densho-353-72)
img Star Laundry wagon (ddr-densho-353-72)
Star Laundry was located at 1229 Jackson Street. A note on the back indicates the driver as Mr. Shimono.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-72/
Fumiko Morita on Washington Street (ddr-densho-353-88)
img Fumiko Morita on Washington Street (ddr-densho-353-88)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-88/
The NP Hotel (ddr-densho-353-79)
img The NP Hotel (ddr-densho-353-79)
Located at 306 6th Avenue.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-79/
Group of men with a car (ddr-densho-353-81)
img Group of men with a car (ddr-densho-353-81)
Captioned: "On Main Street in front of the Mitsuwado." The Mitsuwado was a large bookstore. A note on the back reads: "set at 200, 8 sec."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-81/
Nihonmachi Main Street (ddr-densho-353-67)
img Nihonmachi Main Street (ddr-densho-353-67)
Main Street in snow, looking west.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-67/
Nihonmachi Main Street (ddr-densho-353-66)
img Nihonmachi Main Street (ddr-densho-353-66)
Main Street, looking west from 7th Street.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-66/
Nihonmachi Main Street (ddr-densho-353-65)
img Nihonmachi Main Street (ddr-densho-353-65)
Main Street, looking east from 6th Street.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-65/
Fujii Hotel before the regrade (ddr-densho-353-70)
img Fujii Hotel before the regrade (ddr-densho-353-70)
The Jackson Street regrade was from 1907 to 1909.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-70/
Ten cent store (ddr-densho-353-80)
img Ten cent store (ddr-densho-353-80)
Heitaro Matsumoto's ten cent store, located at 902 Yesler Way. Note on back: "Meiji 38 Apr, went to Fife, then hotel in Seattle, Taisho 7 Feb."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-80/
Nihonmachi Jackson Street (ddr-densho-353-73)
img Nihonmachi Jackson Street (ddr-densho-353-73)
Jackson Street, looking east from 5th Street. Note on back indicates Japanese stores in left foreground, and the Academy of Holy Names in background, built 1880. The photo was taken before the Jackson St. regrade of 1907-1909.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-73/
Setsugo Hosokawa's Japanese Togo Real Estate & Contracting Co., Employment Agency (ddr-densho-353-78)
img Setsugo Hosokawa's Japanese Togo Real Estate & Contracting Co., Employment Agency (ddr-densho-353-78)
Located at 411 Main Street.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-78/
Kensaku Murata and a helper in M. K. Fish (ddr-densho-353-83)
img Kensaku Murata and a helper in M. K. Fish (ddr-densho-353-83)
M. K. Fish was located at 511 Main Street.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-83/
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