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Japanese Heritage in Vancouver, B.C.
Japantown, J-town, Little Tokyo, Nihonmachi, or Little Japan. Call them what you will, most of these enclaves sprang up in North America during the Meiji period (1868-1912). These were neighborhoods with small businesses, Japanese language schools, Buddhist and Christian churches, and even Japanese hospitals. In Vancouver, the neighborhood, which lay north of Chinatown, was attacked in September 1907 by the Asiatic Exclusion League. They rioted in Chinatown before moving on to the Japanese area. During World War II, the area lost its Japanese identity area, and only the Vancouver Buddhist Chu…
