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The Nippon Kan Theater served as a de facto Japanese community center in Seattle prior to World War II. It was busy several nights a week with actors and musicians from Japan, movies, concerts, judo and kendo competitions, and community meetings. [5] The Asahi News, Seattle's only Japanese
The Japanese American National Museum and the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC) are located in Little Tokyo. The community center features the George J. Doizaki Gallery, the 880-seat Aratani/Japan America Theatre, the JACCC Plaza (designed by Isamu Noguchi), and the James Irvine Japanese Garden.
The first Kominkan in Japan. A kominkan (公民館, kōminkan), or citizens' public hall, is a kind of Japanese cultural center. [1] Kominkan provide structured learning programs in arts, sport, handiwork and cultural activities, to children, youth and aged people. [2] They are generally funded and administered by local governments.
Even so, the Japanese-American community was politicized by the internment and redress effort, which, along with the global and local growth of overseas Japanese investment, has assured that Little Tokyo has continued to exist as a tourist attraction, community center, and home to Japanese-American senior citizens and others.
The Japanese Garden at the Stillwater Community Center: Stillwater: Oklahoma: Opened in 1997 as a showcase of the relationship between Stillwater and Kameoka as sister cities Japanese Tea Garden at Central Park: San Mateo: California: Website, designed by Nagao Sakurai, features a granite pagoda, tea house, koi pond and bamboo grove Japanese ...
Kip Tokuda, who served as a representative in the Washington State Government, worked to build the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW; ワ州日本文化会館 Wa-shū Nihon Bunka Kaikan) in 2003. [87] The JCCCW dedicated to preserving, promoting and sharing Japanese and Japanese American history, heritage and culture.
There is a Japanese community in the Columbus, Ohio area. The presence of Honda Motor Company and related suppliers attracted a population of Japanese expatriates to the Columbus area. In 2011 Bill Daley of the Chicago Tribune stated that "the international pull of Ohio State University" adds to the "real discernible Japanese flavor to ...
The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC) offered to buy the building but was rejected. It was the largest of the three remaining bowling alleys in San Francisco when it closed in September 2000. [15] [16] [17] The lot has since been converted into mixed-use housing units.