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This location was previously a cigar store and a barber shop for the Japanese community. The building on the left was a Japanese hotel. During the peak of Isleton's Japantown there were three hotels that showed how many Japanese would come to town…

During the late 1920s and early 1930s at the height of Isleton's Japantown the brick building on the right used to be a Japanese hotel and also housed a grocery store and a pool hall. The structure on the left was formerly a grocery store that sold…

The building on the right was a Gentleman's club during the late 1920s and more recently acted as Isleton Gifts and Crafts store. Currently the space is vacant. The building on the right was a Pool hall that sold cigars in Japantown and later had…

Previously the building on the right was a lodging house for visiting Japanese who came into town to buy goods and stay the night since the trip to town would take them all day. The building on the left was previously a Gentlemen's club.

This location before the 1926 Memorial Fire used to house the Japanese Preparatory School. After the fire burned the school down an Auto Repair shop was built on the corner with an Auto Stage next to it that would offer travel by car for local…

At the height of Isleton's Japantown this building was a Chinese restaurant called Sun-Kow Restaurant named after its original owner. Built sometime between 1928 and 1931. It was later run by Joe Kum You and Joe Gung and above the restaurant was a…

During the 1930s the building on the right was a Cigar shop with a pool hall and the one on the left was a restaurant. The green building for many years was Johnny C's Bar and Grill a popular local eatery for the community.

This section of Japantown during the 1930s consisted of a cobbler shop and a cigar store with a pool hall attached to it.

During the 1930s the red building housed a barber shop along with a pool hall in the same building. Now the spot houses an antiques store.

This portion of Isleton previously housed a pool hall in the building to the far right, a Japanese laundry and a Japanese restaurant during the 1930s. Currently the buildings stand empty as the 2007 Recession hit the town hard and most of the…