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In 1902, the Houston Chamber of Commerce requested help from Japanese Consul General Sadatsuchi Uchida in improving Texas rice production techniques. [1] At least thirty attempts were made by Japanese to grow rice in the state at this time, with two of the most successful colonies being one founded by Seito Saibara in 1903 in Webster, and another by Kichimatsu Kishi in 1907 east of Beaumont.
Saibara took his wife and 14-year-old son with him to Texas. [5] Saibara convinced Japanese men to work for him, and paid bonuses for men who brought wives with them. Saibara was the first Japanese person who Uchida had convinced to establish a rice plantation in Texas. [6] The Webster farming colony was 225-acre (91 ha) in size. [5]
Mykawa is located south of the Sims Bayou.The center of the Mykawa area is the intersection of Mykawa Road and Almeda-Genoa Road. As of 1951 the Mykawa School and the Mykawa Railroad Station were located there, and the Pearland water tower and Houston Municipal Airport (William P. Hobby Airport) were visible from this location.
In 1990 there were 3,425 ethnic Japanese in the county, making up 3.1% of the county's Asians, and in 2000 there were 3,574 ethnic Japanese in the county, making up 1.9% of the county's Asians. [25] The immigration of Japanese people to Houston was initiated by the efforts of two Japanese men, Sadatsuchi Uchida and Seito Saibara.
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Japanese Americans in Texas. Pages in category "Japanese-American culture in Texas" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Closing the Book on Homework: Enhancing Public Education and Freeing Family Time by John Buell (2004) The Battle Over Homework: Common Ground for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents by Harris Cooper Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine (2007) The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing by Alfie Kohn (2006)
Matsumoto, Valerie J. Farming the Home Place: A Japanese American Community in California, 1919–1982 (1993) Modell John. The Economics and Politics of Racial Accommodation: The Japanese of Los Angeles, 1900–1942 (1977) Niiya, Brian, ed. (2001). Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present.
The history of Texas, particularly of the old independent Republic of Texas, is intimately bound up with its present culture. Frontier Texas! is a museum of the American Old West in Abilene. Texas is also home to many historical societies, such as: The Texas Historical Commission, an agency dedicated to historic preservation within the state of ...