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The list includes Issei (一世, "first generation") Japanese-born immigrants from Japan, and those who are multigenerational Japanese Americans.Cities considered to have significant Japanese American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1.0% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 2.0% of the total ...
Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden: Pasadena: California: 1.45-acre (0.59 ha) hill and pond strolling garden, the "chisen kaiyu shiki" form Swiss Pines: Malvern: Pennsylvania: Currently closed. Tenshin-en at Museum of Fine Arts: Boston: Massachusetts: Contemplative indoor Japanese garden [29] Japanese Cultural Center, Tea House, and Gardens of ...
Gardena is a city located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, California, United States.The population was 61,027 at the 2020 census, up from 58,829 at the 2010 census.
Moneta, California was one of the paper towns established in Southern California in the United States during the 1887 land boom. Predominantly a Japanese-American farming community prior to World War II, [1] Moneta and Strawberry Park became part of Gardena when it was incorporated in 1930. [2] Moneta is now considered a neighborhood of Gardena ...
Marukai Corporation U.S.A. is an American offshoot chain of retail markets that imports and sells Japanese goods in American cities started by the Osaka, Japan-based Marukai Corporation (Japan) . Unlike other Japanese supermarkets, which may carry non-Japanese products based on local diversity, Marukai has Hawaiian products as a core focus in ...
In the 1920s and 1930s, Boyle Heights became the center of significant churches, temples, and schools for the Japanese community, “These include the Tenrikyo Junior Church of America at 2727 E. 1st Street (1937‐39), the Konko Church at 2924 E. 1st Street (1937‐38), and the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple (1926‐27), all designed by Yos ...
It was established via a 1922 bond measure of US$80,000 (equivalent to $1,460,000 in 2023) to purchase the land originally owned by Charles B. Polhemus, and currently hosts a baseball field, tennis courts, sculptures, playground, Japanese tea garden, recreation center, miniature train, rose garden and the San Mateo Arboretum.
Japantown (日本人街) is a common name for Japanese communities in cities and towns outside Japan.Alternatively, a Japantown may be called J-town, Little Tokyo or Nihonmachi (日本町), the first two being common names for Japantown, San Francisco, Japantown, San Jose and Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.