Kogura Department Store San Jose Japantown

Kogura Department Store San Jose Japantown

Japantown, San Jose, 1940's, Department Store, Jackson Street, Kohei Kogura, Kogura Gifts,

Originally located on the north part of Sixth Street Kohei Kogura started his business in 1928 and moved his store to its current location at 231 Jackson Street in 1934. The Kogura Department Store was one of the few stores that survived the internment during World War II and has been a staple of Japantown to this day and is currently run by Carolyn Kogura. In the picture from left to right is Kohei Kogura, Tadao Kogura, Hatsuyo Yamatoda Kogura, Bernice Nakagawa Akizuki, Kazuko Kumamoto Kogura, Hanaka Okamura Yamatoda, Chiye Takeda Kogura, James Kogura, Shigeru Yamatoda, Akiko Yoshioka Kogura, Tsutomo Akizuki, Edward Akizuki, Matsuko Yamatoda, Ohato Iwamuro Yamatoda, and Jane Yamanaka Yamatoda.

Japanese American Museum San Jose

1936

Japanese American Museum San Jose