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Lost Kinjo - The Lost Japantowns in California

Lost Kinjo - The Lost Japantowns in California

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May 20245
2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.

Buddhist Church of Oakland
825 Jackson Street
Oakland, California, 94607
United States

Before World War II, Japantowns thrived in the San Francisco Bay Area in an urban city - Oakland, suburban towns - Alameda, Berkeley, and San Mateo, and farming centers - Petaluma, Sebastopol, and Vacaville. Dr. Raymond Douglas Chong, historian, will speak.

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