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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.
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 ...
Downtown Seattle Brazil: Honorary Consulate 4250 24th Ave. West Interbay, Seattle Bulgaria: Honorary Consulate Canada: Consulate-General 1501 4th Avenue #600 Downtown Seattle Chile: Honorary Consulate 1705 NE Pacific St. HSB H-405 University of Washington, Seattle Croatia: Honorary Consulate 7547 S. Laurel Street Lakeridge, Seattle Cyprus
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.
History of the Japanese in Seattle The Nikkei Newspapers Digital Archive (NNDA) , is a project of the Hokubei Hochi (North American Post) Foundation and the University of Washington Libraries. Digital copies of past issues of the newspapers, North American Times (1902-1942) and North American Post (1946-1950) are available here.
Japanese Americans in World War II, a National Historic Landmark theme study. Densho is a nonprofit organization based in Seattle, Washington whose mission is “to preserve and share history of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans to promote equity and justice today.” [1] Densho collects video oral histories, photos, documents, and other primary source materials regarding Japanese ...
He was later a member of the Seattle City Council for position 5 from 1962 until his death in 1965 in a plane crash. The Wing Luke Museum is named in his honor. The first Asian-American to hold elected office in the state, Luke was cited as an inspiration by Gary Locke , the first Chinese-American governor of Washington .