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The Chinatown–International District (abbreviated as CID) is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.It is the center of the city's Asian American community. Within the district are the three neighborhoods known as Chinatown, Japantown and Little Saigon, named for the concentration of businesses owned by people of Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese descent, respectively.
The Tomodachi Initiative is a public–private partnership between the U.S.-Japan Council and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, with support from the Government of Japan.Born out of support for Japan’s recovery from the Great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011, Tomodachi invests in the next generation of Japanese and American leaders through educational and cultural exchanges as well as ...
Division of the Arts (since 1977): Provides programs, services, and support to individual artists and a variety of arts and cultural organizations. [10] The division is supported and advised by a 24-member Louisiana State Arts Council. [11] and includes the Louisiana Folklife Program advised by a diverse 22 member Louisiana Folklife Commission ...
Seattle, WA. The Stranger (2011). "The Sound of Indifference". Seattle, WA. King County Office of Cultural Resources, Feasibility Study Report: A Public Development Authority for Culture, April 26, 2002; Proposed King County Ordinance 2002-0365 and staff report, September 5, 2002
The front of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center Complex, formerly the Nihon Go Gakko. Nihon Go Gakko (シアトル日本語学校, Shiatoru Nihongo Gakko), also known as the Japanese Language School (JLS), is a National Register of Historic Places in King County based at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington located on the periphery of the Seattle International District.
The agency's Cultural Affairs Division disseminates information about the arts within Japan and internationally, and the Cultural Properties Protection Division protects the nation's cultural heritage. The Cultural Affairs Division is concerned with such areas as art and culture promotion, art copyrights, and improvements in the national ...
The museum is named for Seattle City Council member Wing Luke, the first Asian American elected to public office in the Pacific Northwest. [11] Luke suggested the need for a museum in the Chinatown-International District in the early 1960s to preserve the history of the rapidly changing neighborhood.
The annual Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival began in 1976 to commemorate the gift of 1,000 cherry trees given to Seattle by Japan's Prime Minister Takeo Miki. [91] Miki had spent some of his student years at the University of Washington in the 1930s.