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The Japanese Cultural and Community Center Complex in Seattle. Established in 1902, Seattle's Nihon Go Gakko (the Seattle Japanese Language School) is now operated by the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (JCCCW; ワシントン州日本文化会館 Washington-shū Nihon Bunka Kaikan).
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.
Seattle's "Japantown" community was established to keep races segregated, but it allowed cultural bonds to be formed. [9] Japanese immigrants from all the regions of Japan came to Seattle and became interconnected because of the Nihonmachi. [10]
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 ...
The annual Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival was established in 1976 following the gift of 1,000 cherry trees to Seattle on behalf of Japan by then prime minister Takeo Miki. [8] [9] The festival was originally held at the park before moving to Seattle Center. [10] [11] Eleven new cherry trees were planted at Seattle Center in ...
Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Indians, and Filipinos are plentiful. Seattle is 5% Chinese, and 15% Asian. Nearby Bellevue has a larger Chinese and Asian/Asian Indian population, at least 25%. Significant Asian Seattle communities include Chinatown-International District, Beacon Hill and Capitol Hill.
In April, the Seattle Cherry Blossom festival is held. The largest Japanese cultural event in the Pacific Northwest commemorates the late Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki's gift of 1,000 cherry trees, as part of the United States Bicentennial, to Seattle in 1976.
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.