on March 20, 2020
Could you read backwards Chinese? Mrs. Takaichi had to read backwards characters as she painstakingly set each piece of type to print Chinese lottery tickets. The late Dr. Tokio Ishikawa remembers 248 East Jackson Street (currently Banana Crepe) in the 1920s, when it was the location of the Peter M. Takaichi Printing Company and the […]
Read Moreon March 18, 2020
Connie Young Yu, writer, historian, and lecturer, talks about the changing Japantown and its roots in Heinlenville, one of the San Jose Chinatowns. Connie is a member of the Advisory Panel for Hidden Histories, an exciting Augmented Reality art project in San Jose Japantown.
Read Moreon February 26, 2020
Some people know that there was a hostel at the San Jose Buddhist Church, which housed many Japanese who came to this valley after leaving the Internment Camps. But how many people know that in the early 1920s, the Buddhist Church had a dormitory which housed Japanese children? The late Faye Nakanishi tells Jimi Yamaichi […]
Read Moreon February 21, 2020
Back when Pinoytown was thriving on North Sixth Street, there were two main Filipino churches: the Filipino Community Presbyterian Church at 681 North Fifth Street and the Filipino Full Gospel Mission at 632 North Sixth Street. Isidoro “Izzy” Arevalo, Leo Escalante Jr., Sally Regala, Ben Villarruz, Helen Ragsac Sanchez, and Albert “Corky” Bueno share memories […]
Read Moreon February 20, 2020
This year, the venerable Wing’s Restaurant closed after a century of operating in San Jose Japantown. The late Dr. James Chan remembers when his father, Wing Jing Chan, first opened Wings back in 1920.
Read Moreon February 14, 2020
Isidoro “Izzy” Arevalo, Leo Escalante Jr., Sally Regala, Ben Villarruz, Helen Ragsac Sanchez, and Albert “Corky” Bueno share of growing up in San Jose Japantown during the 1930s.
Read Moreon February 9, 2020
Have you ever wondered what stories are hidden in San Jose Japantown? Learn more about this exciting virtual art project coming in 2020! Project Leads Tom Izu and Susan Hayase explain the purpose of this project, which is being presented by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose through the auspices of a grant from […]
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