History of the Japanese in Seattle

There is a population of Japanese Americans and Japanese expatriates in Greater Seattle, whose origins date back to the second half of the 19th century. Prior to World War II, Seattle's downtown Japanese community had grown to become the second largest Nihonmachi on the West Coast of North America.

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