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The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...
Japanese Friendship Garden; History Park at Kelley Park (a.k.a. History San Jose), which itself includes: Portuguese Historical Museum; Viet Museum; The Leininger Center, just south of Happy Hollow, is the central location where citizens apply for city park permits and reservations. [1] Most of the rest of the park is picnic areas, lawns ...
A plate of assorted sushi from Todai. In 1985, two Japanese brothers named Toru and Kaku Makino opened the first Todai location in Santa Monica, California. [2] Toru Makino previously had success with his Japanese restaurant Edokko, which he founded in 1981 in Burbank.
The French Laundry, a 3 Michelin-starred restaurant in Yountville, California. The Michelin Guides have been published by the French tire company Michelin since 1900. They were designed as a guide to tell drivers about eateries they recommended to visit and to subtly sponsor their tires, by encouraging drivers to use their cars more and therefore need to replace the tires as they wore out.
The Japanese population of the South Bay is diverse, and many have mixed-race backgrounds due to the growing trend of inter-racial marriages. According to a study conducted by Japanese American Citizens League, between 2000 and 2009, the mixed race Japanese population in San Jose grew by 27.3%, while the monoracial Japanese population declined.
The Japanese Friendship Garden is a walled section of Kelley Park in San Jose, California, United States. Dedicated in October 1965, it is patterned after Japan's famous Korakuen Garden in Okayama (one of San Jose's sister cities) and spans six acres. Its three main ponds were stocked with koi sent from Okayama in 1966. The ponds are at ...
The restaurant opened in August 2021. [2] Six months after the restaurant opening, it earned a Michelin star. [6] The chef-owner is David Yoshimura. [7] Yoshimura also won the Michelin guide's Young Chef Award for California. [8] [9] Next door is Bar Iris, the sister cocktail bar to Nisei which serves high end Japanese influenced cocktails. [10 ...
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