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Maneki is a Japanese restaurant in the Japantown area of the International District in Seattle, Washington that opened in 1904 as the first sushi bar in the city. [1] [2] Some claim it is the oldest Asian restaurant on the West Coast of the United States, and it is recognized as one of the oldest sushi restaurants in the United States.
The murals commemorate four businesses that lasted through incarceration: Kokusai Theater, the restaurant Maneki, Sagamiya Confectionery, and the grocery store Uwajimaya. [4] As of 2024, the alley is slated for decorative gates, lighting, and new paving. Additionally, banners will be installed designating "Historic Nihonmachi/Japantown". [4]
First opening in 1904, Seattle's restaurant Maneki was built to resemble a three-story Japanese castle and could seat up to five hundred customers. It was at this elaborate structure that the future Japanese prime minister Takeo Miki once worked while supporting himself as a student. [50]
The city of Seattle, Washington, has many notable restaurants. As of the first quarter of 2017, Seattle had 2,696 restaurants. Seattle restaurants’ gross annual sales are a total of $2.9 billion as of 2016. [1] Seattle is the fifth city ranked by restaurant-density with 24.9 restaurants per 10,000 households. [2]
Itsumono is a Japanese gastropub in the Japantown part of Seattle's Chinatown–International District. [4] The menu has included Scotch egg , tonkatsu in tikka masala curry, and oysters. [ 5 ]
The Chinatown–International District (abbreviated as CID) is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.It is the center of the city's Asian American community. Within the district are the three neighborhoods known as Chinatown, Japantown and Little Saigon, named for the concentration of businesses owned by people of Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese descent, respectively.
The Nippon Kan Theatre (日本館劇場, Nippon-kan Gekijō) is a former Japanese theater in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located in the Kobe Park Building at 628 S. Washington Street, in the Japantown section of Seattle's International District.
History of the Japanese in Seattle The Nikkei Newspapers Digital Archive (NNDA) , is a project of the Hokubei Hochi (North American Post) Foundation and the University of Washington Libraries. Digital copies of past issues of the newspapers, North American Times (1902-1942) and North American Post (1946-1950) are available here.