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The San Francisco Japanese School (SFJS) is a Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT)-designated weekend Japanese school serving the area. The school system, headquartered in San Francisco, rents classrooms in four schools serving a total of over 1,600 students as of 2016; two of the schools are in San Francisco and two are in the South Bay.
Established in 1970, JCYC has become one of San Francisco’s most successful youth organizations. [citation needed] While still committed to children and youth from the Japanese American community, JCYC has evolved and grown into an organization, which annually serves over 8,000 young people from all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. [1]
Up until 1906, San Francisco had been the main U.S. port of entry for Asian immigration and had the largest ethnic Japanese concentration of any city in the United States. [7] Prior to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco had two Japantowns, one on the outskirts of Chinatown, the other in the South of Market area.
The Japanese American National Library (全米日系アメリカ人図書館, Zenbei Nikkei Amerikajin Toshokan) is a private non-lending library and resource center in San Francisco's Japantown for the collection and preservation of materials relating to Japanese Americans. It has been in operation since 1969.
The National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) is an American 501(c) 3 non-profit organization based in Japantown in San Francisco, California. The organization is dedicated to collecting, preserving and sharing historical information and authentic interpretation about the experience of Japanese Americans .
Though the group was able to successfully show their produce during the 1869 California State Agricultural Fair in Sacramento and the 1870 Horticultural Fair in San Francisco, the farm as a Japanese colony only existed between 1869 and 1871. Okei Ito, the first known Japanese woman to be buried on American soil, has her grave on the land.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Japanese Americans in San Francisco, California. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In the 1930s, Cottage Row was nicknamed "Japan Street" because the houses all had owners were Japanese-American or had immigrated from Japan. [6] [7] The Cottage Row Mini Park had been the former site of a house and was developed into a park around 1942, and features benches, a drinking fountain, a barbecue. [3]