San Jose Japantown - A Journey By Curt Fukuda and Ralph Pierce

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San Jose Japantown - A Journey By Curt Fukuda and Ralph PierceDid you know that besides collecting historical artifacts, creating and displaying exhibits, and organizing community events, the Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) also publishes books? We dont publish books often, but theyve been well received by the community and historians alike. JAMsj is proud to announce the second printing of San Jose Japantown: A Journey, a book that chronicles Japantown from its 19th century beginnings adjacent to

Aloha Ku'u Pua

In the 20th century new industries replaced agriculture and an influx of Chinese invigorated the valley with innovative ideas helping it emerge as a leader in technology

It was this generation that shouldered the responsibility to rebuild the Japanese American community raise their young families and take care of their aging immigrant parents--the first generation or Issei

creating and displaying exhibits

Hanabi Ondo

Despite the War Relocation Authority's opposition to re-establishing Little Tokyo following the war Japanese Americans gradually restored the strong ties evident today in 21st-century Little Tokyo--a multicultural multigenerational community that is the largest Nihonmachi (Japantown) in the United States

Itoshiki Hibi - Ton Montano

9 Afternoon Koto

The film concludes with the vets bittersweet return home to America

An inspiring century-long story of struggle and success in the greatest American tradition -- of plantation life patriotic heroism during World War II and helping to create statehood for Hawaii

Doing It For Us

About the Authors Author and local photographer James Nagareda grew up near San Jose's Japantown

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