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A view of current day Jackson Street in the heart of Japantown. The Tsugaru Restaurant building was built in 1935 on the original location of the Dobashi Market which was a wooden building that was torn down and replaced with the current stucco…

The Ken Ying Low Building was constructed sometime between 1890 and 1905. The Ken Ying Low restaurant was formerly a part of Heinlenville until 1915 when Mr. Ng purchased the building and moved his restaurant there. The cantilevered balcony was added…

The National Printing Company is San Jose's oldest printing company having been established in 1911. The company was originally located at 591 North Fifth Street and was known as the Japanese Press and had printed the Soko Shinbun (A San Francisco…

The modern day Hotel Kabuki that replaced the former Miyako Hotel. Before the construction of the hotel this area of Japantown during in the pre-war period this area was home to dozens of shops and businesses such as the Toyo Printing Company, the…

Current day look at Post Street with the Uoki Apartments on the site of the former Uoki Sakai Grocery where it was was located after World War II. Prior to the war this section of Japantown housed the Tombo Restaurant on the left of the residential…

Soko Interirors and the San Wang Restaurant that have been at this location since the 1970s. Previously in the 1940s this portion of Japantown was home to the Uoki Sakai Co. Grocery and the Tombo Restaurant. On the left side is the Japanese American…

The Nihonmachi Sign on the corner of Post and Buchanan Streets

Soko Hardware is another longtime feature of the Japanese community opened in 1925 by Masayasu and Naka Ashizawa at 1683 Post Street in the heart of the Japantown. The name Soko was used as the Japanese name for San Francisco in the early days of the…

The corner of Post and Buchanan Streets

The San Jose Asahi Team was formed in 1913 and was one of the longest lasting Japanese American baseball teams, although the team did change its name multiple times until its breakup in 1961. This photograph is of the B team playing a tournament in…