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	San Francisco's Japantown
		Japantown first sprung up with the original influx of Japanese immigrants in the mid-1800s.
		The locale suffered a further indignity during the fifties, when scores of old Victorian residences, housing hundreds of residents, were torn down to widen Geary Boulevard in the name of ill-advised "redevelopment".
		Japantown is one of the city's smaller districts, so it should take no longer than two or three hours to stroll through the locale in its entirety.
	www.newcolonist.com /japantown.html (1465 words)

	San Francisco's JapanTown
		Today's JapanTown was formed after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire and occupies an area of the Filmore district that is roughly within the confines of California Street to the north, O'Farrell Street to the south, Fillmore to the west and Laguna to the east.
		JapanTown was also negatively impacted by redevelopment in the 1950's with the widening of Geary Boulevard and the destruction of dozens of Victorians to make room for both the boulevard and the Japan Center Mall.
		The Japan Center — with its Peace Plaza and five-story Pagoda is the dominate architectural structure in JapanTown.
	www.inetours.com /Pages/SFNbrhds/JapanTown.html (468 words)

	Preservation Seattle - Neighborhoods: September 2003: Preserving Seattle's Japantown
		Seattle's Japantown grew with the immigration of Japanese laborers in the late 19th and early 20th century who sought economic opportunity in the United States at a time when the nation had recently banned Chinese immigration.
		To some extant, Japantown's hardships were shared with the rest of the International District, which saw 40 of its hotels close and its population drop from 5000 to 1300 people between 1950 and 1978.
		Located in the heart of Seattle's Japantown at 6th and Main, the Panama Hotel was one of a number of low-income hotels that catered to itinerant laborers, low wage workers, and new arrivals to the city.
	historicseattle.org /preservationseattle/neighborhoods/defaultsept2.htm (2037 words)

	Japantown Task Force, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Japantown Task Force, Inc. is a community development, planning and preservation organization.
		The Health and Safety Committee of Japantown Task Force, Inc was established in 1999 and is compromised of Japantown/Western Addition residents, property owners, local merchants, faith-based organizations, and non-profit organizations.
		Japantown Task Force will also conduct 2 focus groups - one with seniors and one with merchants - to gather qualitative data to inform the plan.
	www.sfdph.org /traffic_safety/japantown.htm (379 words)

	Japantown (San Francisco, CA) News
		A man facing two counts of murder for a Japantown shooting may also be responsible for the death of another man almost three months ago, San Francisco homicide detectives announced Wednesday.Police said Joseph...
		The "Save Japantown" campaign will move to San Francisco City Hall this morning with a march and rally in support of proposed legislation to turn the embattled neighborhood into a special-use district.
		A large portion of San Francisco's Japantown -- one of three remaining in the United States -- is for sale, prompting concerns that the historic district could lose its unique character.
	www.topix.net /city/san-francisco-ca-japantown (846 words)

	San Francisco Bay Guardian \| News
		Prior to the war, her grandparents operated a grocery store in Japantown but were forced to evacuate and lost their business.
		Though the Japanese American population in Japantown is on the decline, it is still a strong cultural hub, with 150 small businesses, a cultural center, several social service agencies, and a bilingual preschool.
		"Japantown is not just people who live or work here — Japanese Americans come back to Japantown for a sense of community," said Sandy Mori of Kimochi, a senior service agency based in Japantown that serves 2,000 elderly Japanese Americans in the Bay Area.
	www.sfbg.com /40/22/news_japantown.html (1070 words)

	Japantown Bowl (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The bowling alley was the cornerstone of Japantown after 24 years at Post and Webster.
		Kintetsu repeatedly stated that bowling was a dying sport while critics said the company was selling Japantown's character to the highest bidder in the City's then-booming real estate market.
		Japantown Bowl was sold to a group of investors led by Board of Appeals Commissioner John McInerney for $7 million.
	www.mistersf.com /farewell/fwjapanbowl.htm (227 words)

	AsianWeek.com: Bay News: Recent Japantown Crimes Have Residents Asking for Help
		In response to this fear, the Japantown Task Force has asked the San Francisco Police Department to increase officer presence and encourage resident involvement in making their neighborhood a safe one in which to live.
		Linda Jofuku, Japantown Task Force’s executive director, said the peak hours for criminal activity in the Buchanan Mall area occur between the hours of 1 and 3 a.m., especially during the weekend.
		Jofuku said Japantown has not received a lot of attention from the police because it is largely a quiet community.
	www.asianweek.com /2002_12_06/bay_japantown.html (916 words)

	Frisco's Japantown braces for final blow (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Japantown supporters are worried that whoever acquires the properties may not continue preserving the cultural identity of the neighbourhood.
		The Japantown area is popular because it is centrally located and near San Francisco's ritzy Pacific Heights neighbourhood.
		The dismal economic condition in Japantown was due partly to the dwindling number of Japanese residents in the area.
	www.ioltravel.co.za /article/view/3552510 (1042 words)

	Pact signed to ‘preserve Japantown’ - Examiner.com
		In the event of a dispute over the covenant, for which the parties can’t negotiate a settlement, the dispute goes to a final binding arbitration.
		Japantown residents are anxious about the sale of the malls and hotels, along with the Kabuki 8 movie theater.
		Residents fear the sales will result in the final blow to the community, which along with Japantowns in San Jose and Los Angeles is one of only three in the United States.
	www.examiner.com /a-84885~Pact_signed_to__preserve_Japantown_.html (576 words)

	Press Release :: Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, California, 8th District
		Affectionately called J-town, San Francisco Japantown is the oldest and joins San Jose and Los Angeles as the only remaining Japantowns in the continental United States.
		Japantown is more than just a physical location where Japanese people migrated after the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, a distinctive area where the Japanese culture is on display, or a tourist destination.
		Japantown represents more than 100 years of a unique immigrant experience, which started with the arrival of the first generation - the Issei.
	www.house.gov /pelosi/press/releases/Sept06/Japantown.html (595 words)

	San Francisco Japantown 100th Anniversary - Calendar of Events
		(South Park survived until the 1930s.) San Francisco's Japantown is the first and oldest of its kind on the continental USA and was established when the first wave of Japanese immigrants arrived in San Francisco in the 1880s.
		In celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Japantown, the Buchanan YMCA, formerly the Japanese YMCA, is hosting its 3rd Annual Sentimental Journey III-Dance Memories.
		In 1936, the facility was rebuilt and renamed, with funds raised by the community.
	sfjapantown100.squarespace.com /events (758 words)

	Northwest Asian Weekly: SF activists cry, “Save Japantown!”
		As San Francisco’s Japantown gets ready to celebrate its centennial this Saturday, kicking off an entire season of springtime festivals, craft fairs and commemorative speeches, it also faces the pending sale of five mainstay buildings that make up the community’s economic, cultural and social heartland.
		The area’s merchants and activists now wonder about the survival of Japantown, whose identity is wrapped up in a long lineage of history, struggle and cultural pride.
		Over time, “the Japanese population has decreased in number, not visibility,” said Linda Jofuku, executive director of Japantown Task Force Inc., which was established in 2001 to maintain and develop the historic area, both culturally and commercially.
	www.nwasianweekly.com /20062511/SF20062511.htm (1090 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Japantown Vibe
		With Obon dedicated to the spirits and Nikkei Matsuri ushering in spring, Japantown lacks a festival to celebrate itself in the new millennium.
		Japantown Vibe begins Saturday night with an outdoor showing of the family-oriented anime film Princess Mononoke on the Boys and Girls Club lawn.
		Japantown Vibe--A World of Music and Culture opens Saturday (Aug. 17) with an outdoor screening of 'Princess Mononoke' at 8:30pm at the Boys and Girls Club, 110 Jackson St., San Jose.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/08.15.02/japantownvibe-0233.html (683 words)

	San Francisco Japantown 100th Anniversary - History of San Francisco's Japantown
		Japantown is located in the area bordered by O'Farrell on the South, Pine on the North, Fillmore on the West and Octavia on the East.
		Japanese community relocates to the present Japantown (O'Farrell to Pine and Octavia to Fillmore) in the Western Addition with a small concentration in South Park (south of market between Second and Third Streets and Brannan and Townsend).
		2006: The 100th anniversary of Japantown in the Western Addition is celebrated with monthly events that provide an opportunity to celebrate the history, struggles, challenges and triumphs of the Japanese Americans in San Francisco and to educate the general public about Japanese culture and heritage.
	www.sfjapantown100.org (3751 words)

	In Pursuit of Mysteries » Blog Archive » Japantown
		R had, of course, been to Japantown (or “Jtown,” I guess) when she was younger.
		The center of Japantown is a linked series of three small malls with a plaza inbetween them.
		"Japantown" was published on June 20th, 2006 and is listed in Daily Life.
	www.arcanology.com /?p=1118 (280 words)

	Japantown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Japantown is a common name for official Japanese American or Japanese Canadian communities in big cities.
		Japantowns were created because of the widespread immigration of Japanese to America in the Meiji period (1868-1912).
		There are currently three recognized Japantowns left in the United States, which are facing issues such as commercialization, reconstruction, and dwindling Japanese populations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japantown (438 words)

	San Francisco/Western Addition - Wikitravel
		Western Addition is a mostly residential area of San Francisco, stretching west from downtown's Civic Center area to the Arguello Boulevard, north of the Panhandle parkway that extends east from the Golden Gate Park between Oak and Fell Streets, and south of California Street.
		Nihonmachi, also known as Japantown, the Japan Center, and Little Osaka is a neighborhood of the Western Addition neighborhoods that is roughly within the confines of Sutter Street to the north, Geary Street to the south, Fillmore to the west and Laguna to the east.
		Japantown was also negatively impacted by redevelopment in the 1950's with the widening of Geary Boulevard resulting in the destruction of dozens of Victorians.
	wikitravel.org /en/San_Francisco/Japantown (2168 words)

	Japantown, R.I.P.: An American Holocaust
		It isn’t widely mentioned, but these Americans’ real estate, tangible goods, and the rest of their possessions were seized without compensation or snapped up at firesale prices amounting to pennies on the dollar by politically connected speculators, similar to what happened to the European Jews forcibly removed by the Nazi regime.
		The new owners of their former homes and businesses were in no way obliged by law to fairly compensate the former owners.
		The death of Japantown is why I will never trust a constitution, laws, or any politician’s promise that if things get ugly, not to worry.
	www.strike-the-root.com /4/massoud/massoud9.html (1024 words)

	San Francisco Neighborhoods - Japantown
		Japantown is a collection of cultural sites, restaurants, teahouses, shops, and theaters - it honors and showcases the beauty of Japanese culture.
		Japantown is not designed to afford the visitor with a look at authentic Japanese daily life, but rather a glimpse into its finest cultural aspects.
		An afternoon would be sufficient time to spend in Japantown and see it thoroughly.
	www.mapwest.com /neighborhoods/htdocs/japantown.html (137 words)

	Nikkei Heritage: San Francisco Japantown: The Prewar Era
		For many Japantowns, the wartime eviction of Japanese Americans from the West Coast was a death blow.
		In a sense, one could argue that the need for Japantowns passed with civil rights legislation which opened access to jobs and housing within the large society.
		On the other hand, Japantowns provided community—places to congregate, to share and pass on cultural values, to exchange ideas and to amass the energy to implement them.
	www.njahs.org /nh/nhvxiin3.html (566 words)

	Japantown Atlas Home
		Our project both memorializes the Issei (first generation Japanese immigrants) in their first 20-50 years in America - the businesses, churches and schools they established - and documents the hometowns that 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry were forced to leave behind during their incarceration in "Assembly Centers" and "Internment Camps" during World War II (1942-1946).
		Most of the 2 dozen or so Japantowns on our list are among the 43+ places that our sister project, Preserving California's Japantowns is documenting with photos, oral histories, etc. Their focus is on documenting existing landmarks and remembrances (a worthy cause!) and you'll find good photos and history on their website.
		Japantown Atlas Project is partly funded by the California State Library: California Civil Liberties Public Education Project (CCLPEP) in 2006-2007.
	www.japantownatlas.com (859 words)

	Japantown, San Francisco, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Francisco has the largest Japantown in California, although it is only a shadow of what it once was before World War II.
		The wide concern generated by local citizens and frequent visitors to the neighborhood resulted in the creation of the "Save Japantown" campaign by Aaron Kitashima, a graduating senior of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and grandson to the late "Godmother of Japantown" Ms.
		On May 16, 2006, the Japantown Task Force voted 8-0 in support of the legislation while the Merchants Association stood by its original decision to not support it [19].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japantown,_San_Francisco,_California (991 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Fears of Japantown's demise as neighborhood celebrates centennial
		The excitement surrounding the festivities was quickly overshadowed by news that three-quarters of the real estate in the historic San Francisco neighborhood, which grew from the ashes of the 1906 earthquake, had been sold amid weak revenue and lagging tourism.
		Japantowns, or Nihonmachis, once flourished in West Coast cities prior to World War II.
		After that catastrophe, smaller pockets of Japanese-Americans sprinkled around the city consolidated in the city's Western Addition, which was largely untouched by the earthquake and the fires that followed.
	signonsandiego.com /news/state/20060408-1056-ca-japantownforsale.html (1149 words)

	Mayor pledges to preserve Japantown identity \| DiscoverNikkei.org
		Anxious Japantown supporters got a boost Tuesday night when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom pledged at a packed town hall meeting that the city has carrots for developers who'll preserve the neighborhood's cultural identity and sticks for any who won't.
		The owner of the properties, Kintetsu Enterprises of America, which is headquartered in Osaka, Japan, says it wants to safeguard Japantown's heritage, but community leaders remain apprehensive because Kintetsu has not divulged potential buyers or specific conditions of the sale.
		Japantown businessman Allen Okamoto said community representatives agreed Monday to offer a community purchase proposal and asked if their offer could be considered.
	www.discovernikkei.org /forum/node/1085 (451 words)

	Japantown and Japanese American Community Advocacy by the JCCCNC
		San Francisco's Japantown has survived for over 100 years, enduring the injustice of internment, the razing of redevelopment, and gentrification during a booming real estate market.
		As the community around us continues to evolve, we will continue to be responsive to those changes and help shape the future viability of the greater Japantown neighborhood for the next 100 years.
		JCCCNC has continued to stay actively involved in the California Japantown Preservation Pilot Project (SB307 – Vasconcellos), which provides grants to Los Angeles, San Jose and San Francisco to promote the preservation of their Japantown neighborhoods.
	www.jcccnc.org /community/advocacy.htm (263 words)

	Seattle's Japantown remembered
		In recent years, the Densho Japanese American Legacy Project has collected the life stories of those who were torn from their schools, jobs and neighborhoods and incarcerated because of their ancestry.
		Inouye was one of the internees featured yesterday in a Densho-sponsored event commemorating the once-vibrant Japantown, centered at South Main and Jackson streets, and Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues South.
		Although Inouye's family lived on the outskirts of Japantown, she recalled how her family frequently walked there to buy rice cakes and other Japanese specialties, attend festivals and visit their friends' shops and restaurants.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/200601_japantown22.html (777 words)

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