Japanese American National Museum

The Japanese American National Museum is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Los Angeles, California
  • Also known as: “JANM”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Little Tokyo/Arts District station and Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.

Railway station
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is an underground light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It replaced an at-grade station with the same name that was located on the east side of Alameda Street between 1st Street and Temple Street, on the edge of Little Tokyo and the Arts District in .

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 360 feet north of Japanese American National Museum.

Buddhist temple
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Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin, also known as , is a Japanese Buddhist temple in the district of Downtown Los Angeles, , United States. is situated 470 feet west of Japanese American National Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Tokyo and Toy District.

Quarter
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, also known as Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America.

Neighborhood
The is a 12-block area in eastern , bounded by Los Angeles Street on the west, Third and Fifth streets on the north and south and San Pedro Street on the east.

Quarter
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is the unofficial name for a neighborhood in officially known as Central City East. contains one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States, estimated at over 4,400, and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s.

Japanese American National Museum

Latitude
34.04945° or 34° 2′ 58″ north
Longitude
-118.23879° or 118° 14′ 20″ west
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
Open location code
85632QX6+QF
Geo­Names ID
5360429
Wiki­data ID
Q1590419
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Japanese American National Museum” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Yaponəsilli Amerikalılar Milli Muzeyi”
  • Catalan: “Museu Nacional Nipoamericà”
  • Chinese: “在美日本人博物館”
  • Chinese: “日裔美国人国家博物馆”
  • Chinese: “日裔美國人博物館”
  • Chinese: “日裔美國人國家博物館”
  • French: “Japanese American National Museum”
  • German: “Japanese American National Museum”
  • Greek: “Αμερικανοϊαπωνικό Εθνικό Μουσείο”
  • Japanese: “全米日系人博物館”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний музей американців японського походження”
  • Ukrainian: “Японо-американський національний музей”
  • Ukrainian: “Японсько-американський національний музей”

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