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The National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) is an American 501(c) 3 non-profit organization based in Japantown in San Francisco, California. The organization is dedicated to collecting, preserving and sharing historical information and authentic interpretation about the experience of Japanese Americans.
The Japanese population of the South Bay is diverse, and many have mixed-race backgrounds due to the growing trend of inter-racial marriages. According to a study conducted by Japanese American Citizens League, between 2000 and 2009, the mixed race Japanese population in San Jose grew by 27.3%, while the monoracial Japanese population declined.
Jiro Onuma was born in 1904 in Kanegasaki, Iwate Prefecture in Japan as a son of Kogoro Onuma and Mina Sajima. [1] He left Yokohama Port, taking Shinyō Maru (真洋丸) from Yokohama on November 29, 1923, and arrived in San Francisco on December 18, 1923. [1]
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Japanese Americans in San Francisco, California. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Matsumoto, Valerie J. Farming the Home Place: A Japanese American Community in California, 1919–1982 (1993) Modell John. The Economics and Politics of Racial Accommodation: The Japanese of Los Angeles, 1900–1942 (1977) Niiya, Brian, ed. (2001). Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present.
Local residents of Japanese ancestry rebuilt Kawashimo one block north in 1916, on land owned by Alex Brown, a prominent local landowner and banker. [1] [2] Unlike other local nihonmachi, Asians were credited with designing and building the new Kawashimo, [1] with some coming from as far away as San Francisco to participate in the rebuilding. [2]
The Isleton Chinese and Japanese Commercial Districts is located in Isleton, California in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, a large agricultural area in Sacramento County, California. Also known as the Isleton Asian American District, it served as the commercial and social center for both the town's Chinese and Japanese residents and ...
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