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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZGI_takalkni-printing_San-Jose-CA.html
There were several pool halls, but no gambling houses in Japantown. However a Japanese-operated print shop on Jackson Street which made cannery labels, printed lottery tickets for the Chinese. A gambling "runner" would come from Chinatown regularl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZGG_dobashi-market_San-Jose-CA.html
"... you come upon the boiled eel, the quail's eggs, the dried seaweed, and the squid like root called gobo, as well as the crinkly cabbage Japanese call napa and Korean pickled radishes packed in Hawaii and small cans of shrimp paste imported fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZG6_jackson-drugs_San-Jose-CA.html
I have been at this corner most of my life being born in the midwife house across the street. Nothing has changed in the neighborhood, except the people. I've seen Tokunaga go, Hashimoto's Drug store across the street become a golf shop, Tom and M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZG5_gran-oriente-filipino-masonic-lodge_San-Jose-CA.html
This is a picture of second generation Filipinos. Pacita Todtod who was also known as "Pacing" was famous for being a singer appearing at the beginning of the 1948 movie, "They Were Expendable," starring John Wayne.Curt Fukuda, 2007
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZG4_tanizawa-grocery_San-Jose-CA.html
We had everything in our store for the farmers. Dry goods. Work clothes. Japanese zori, tabi, pots and pans and dishes. We opened at seven in the morning and closed at ten at night everyday. Christmas day was one of the busiest days we had. New Ye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZG3_wings-chinese-restaurant_San-Jose-CA.html
Dad would teach us things, but we were not interested in the restaurant. We saw how hard he worked. He started working at ten in the morning and wouldn't stop until two the next morning. Every day. Seven days a week.Dr. James Chan, 2006
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZG2_tom-marys-snack-shop-dr-watanabes-office_San-Jose-CA.html
The first Japanese American surgeon in San Jose was Dr. Lee Watanabe. His office was above Tom and Mary's Snack Shop. He was pretty short, but when he was standing on his box doing surgery, he was a giant.Sue Inouye
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZG1_yasunaga-produce-and-transfer-company_San-Jose-CA.html
Occupying the entire south side of Taylor Street between 5th and 6th was a truck transfer company owned by Mr. K. Yasunage. Farmers had to sell their produce in San Francisco and Oakland markets and needed someone to transport the produce. Most fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZEW_nihonmachi_San-Jose-CA.html
[This marker is composed of four panels, each located at one corner of the intersection of Jackson and North Fifth Streets in San Jose.]
[Panel 1, south corner]Pioneers1890s to 1920sDuring the 1890s, Nikkei (Japanese in America) migrant workers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ92_wesley-united-methodist-church_San-Jose-CA.html
Wesley United Methodist Church was chartered August, 13, 1895 by the evangelical spirit and vision of pioneer Issei Christians and the struggles and hopes of immigrant families who had come to farm rich soil of the Santa Clara Valley.
With a si…