Chisa Matsunaga
While working at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, she is a docent who provides historical tours and educational programs in both Japanese and English for the museum and San Jose Japantown. She holds a Master's degree in Human Environment and Culture from the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Kagoshima University. Her research interests include museum studies, Japanese American studies, and Japantown studies.
(Updated September 2022)
Stories from This Author
Book Review: Norifumi Kawahara, "Historical Geography of Japanese Fisheries Immigrants in Canada"
Sept. 21, 2022 • Chisa Matsunaga
The Monterey Bay Aquarium, famous for its excellent displays of marine life native to California, is located at the end of Cannery Row, a tourist spot lined with seafood restaurants and souvenir shops. As the name Cannery suggests, this area is a port town that prospered mainly around sardine canneries. Surprisingly, before the war, 80 percent of the port facilities in Monterey Bay, including the current Cannery Row, were owned by Japanese immigrants. However, this historical fact is hardly mentioned …
