Japantown History Mural_Elements_Draft v2.xlsx

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1	As of 3/26/23	PROPOSED MURAL ELEMENTS
2	CULTURE
3	Classical Dance	Hanayagi,Rokushige Fujima, others
4	Go	First and oldest Go Club in the US started in San Francisco in 1931
5	Ikebana	Ikenobo
6	Martial Arts	Aikido, Judo, Karate
7	Taiko	SF Taiko - Grand Master Seiichi Tanaka
8	Tea Ceremony	Urasenke, Omotesenke
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10	FESTIVALS
11	Cherry Blossom Festival	Annually in April for 2 weekends, North Americans largest
12	Kodomo no Hi	Children's Day/Annually in May (flying carp/coi flags)
13	Nihonmachi Street Fair	Annually in August
14	Obon	Annually in July/August to pay homage to the dead
15	Oshogatsu	New Year's Festival/Annually in January
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17	HISTORIC IMAGES
18	(US) Concentration camps	10 Wartime Relocation Camps plus USDOJ Camps
19	1906 Earthquake	Post-earthquake, Japanese community moved to Western Addition
20	Angel Island	Immigration station
21	Atomic bomb	Atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki prompt Japanese surrender
22	Golden Gate Bridge
23	JACL Founding in 1929	Oldest APIA civil rights organization
24	Karin Maru	Japanese ship that arrived in San Francisco in February 1860
25	Mushroom cloud	Some atomic bomb survivors, "hibakusha," immigrated to San Francisco
26	Redevelopment	City program that decimated Japantown in the late 1960s, early 1970s
27	SFSU Student Strike	Student protest movement that resulted in the College of Ethnic Studies
28	Tanforan Race Track	Assembly center for wrongfully incarcerated Japanese AMericans
29	World War II	Enemy countries included Japan
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31	LEGACY BUILDINGS
32	Aki Hotel	Often first stop for new immigrants from Japan
33	American Fish Market	Long-time grocery store
34	Benkyo-do	Historic Japanese confectionary that opened in 1906 and closed in 2022
35	Evergreen Fountain	Business owned by Nakai Family located on Buchanan Street
36	Fayling Restaurant	Old-time Chinese restaurant on Post Street
37	Goshado	Historic bookstore owned by Aizawa Family
38	Hokubei Building	On Post Street
39	Honnami	Historic dry goods store
40	Japanese Cemetery	Located in Colma; many historic JA figures buried here.
41	Japanese churches	Reference to Japanese American Religious Federation
42	Japantown Bowl	Long-time community hub - where we all learned to play Space Invaders
43	JCCCNC	Japanese Cultural Community Center of Northern California
44	JCYC	Japanese Community Youth Council
45	Jimbo's Bop City	Black-owned club located in the heart of Japantown
46	Kimochi	Senior services
47	Kinmon Gakuen	Japanese language school; prewar bldg; assembly point for JA removal
48	Koga's Fountain	Handout for young people on Buchanan & Sutter (Nakai family)
49	Kokoro Assisted Living	Former synagogue, home of SF Go Club, located at 1881 Bush.
50	Beauty Shop	Business owned by Umekubo Family
51	Morino Market	Morino family groceries
52	Morning Star School
53	Nichi Bei Building	Later on Pine Street
54	Nichi Bei Bussan Dept Store	Business owned by Tatsuno Family
55	Nisei Pool Hall	Located on Post Street
56	Paper Tree	Historic stationery store focused on origami
57	Soko Hardware	Historic hardware store
58	Soo Chow Restaurat	Old-time Chinese restaurant on Post Street
59	Uoki Sakai Market	Long-time grocery store
60	Yamamoto Smoke Shop	Sold candy bars, tobacco, magazines; hangout for older Nisei
61	YWCA	Prewar building designed by Julia Morgan
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63	PEOPLE
64	Bachelor society	Due to strict immigration policies, early immigration was limited to men.
65	CANE	Committee Againt Nihonmachi Eviction during Redevelopment Era
66	Fishermen	100+ years of Nisei fishermen, Youth Fishing Derby
67	Immigrants
68	Issei	Immigrants born in Japan but moved to US.
69	Laborers
70	Nisei	Children of immigrants born in Japan.
71	Picture brides	Many Japanese women immigrated as picture brides.
72	Pioneers
73	Redress movement	Community wide effort to secure redress & Reparations
74	Scouts - Boys, Girls	Troops 12, 29, 58; Buddhist Church Girl Scouts
75	Sojourners	Arrived in America to earn money, plans to return to Japan
76	Students
77	Veterans	Japanese Americans have served in World War II, Korean, Vietnam Wars.
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79	SYMBOLS
80	Barbed wire	Reference to wartime experience of incarcerated Japanese Americans
81	Cherry Blossom Trees
82	Daruma	Symbol of Buddha
83	Dragonfly	akatombo. Happiness, strength, courage, success. Spirit of the rice plant.
84	Guard tower	Reference to wartime experience of incarcerated Japanese Americans
85	Lanterns	symbolizes joy, celebration, commemorates souls of the dead
86	Mon	Family crests
87	Pride Flag	LGBTQ+ community
88	Street signs	To indicate street signs (Post & Buchanan)
89	Tsuru	Japanese cranes symbolize longevity
90	Victorians	Japanese American families lived in Victorians before they were bulldozed.
91	Waves	Reference to the Pacific Ocean
92	White Butterflies	spiritual connection to those who have passed
93	Geisha 1920's	Many small businesses were Geisha-owned
94	kokeshi dolls	guardian of children and keepers of souls
95	mikeneko	Good luck cat
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