Welcome to the Nihonmachi: A Digital Exhibit on Northern California's Japantowns
The Nihonmachi Digital Exhibit's aim is to digitally preserve and provide access of materials related to the history of Japantowns in Northern California.
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Isleton's Japantown
The Chinese community had settled in Isleton during the 1870s to help work on the levee project that converted the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta…
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Sports in Japantowns
San Jose Asahi Baseball Team, 1925 Sports in Japantowns were a major pastime for many Japanese Americans. Two of the most...
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Dave Tatsuno and his father Shojiro, merchants of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco prior to evacuation
Shojiro Tatsuno on the left founded the original Nichi Bei Bussan in 1902 and ran the store for over 40 years before passing it on to his son Masateru…
