Japantown, San Jose

Japantown
Japantown
Neighborhood of San Jose
	Clockwise: San Jose Obon Festival; Gordon Biersch Brewery; Betsuin Buddhist Temple; Japantown blossom landmarks; Cannery Park.
	Japantown
	Coordinates: 37°20′54″N 121°53′44″W / 37.348463°N 121.895421°W
Country	United States
State	California
County	Santa Clara
City	San Jose
ZIP Code	95112
Area code	Area code 408

Japantown (Japanese: 日本町; Nihonmachi), commonly known as J Town, is a historic cultural district of San Jose, California, north of Downtown San Jose.^[1]^[2] Historically a center for San Jose's Japanese American and Chinese American communities, San Jose's Japantown is one of only three Japantowns that still exist in the United States, alongside San Francisco's Japantown and Los Angeles's Little Tokyo.

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^ Domrose, Cathryn (16 June 2000). "Japantown Thrives in Culturally Diverse San Jose / Obon Festival is a summer highlight". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 10 February 2017.