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Japantown

Japantown, Little Tokyo or Paueru-gai is an old neighbourhood in , British Columbia, Canada, located east of and north of , that once had a concentration of Japanese immigrants.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighbourhood in Vancouver
  • Also known as: “Japantown, Vancouver”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oppenheimer Park and St. James Anglican Church.

Park
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
is a park located in the historic Japantown in the , , , .

Church
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
St. James' Anglican Church is a unique church building in the Diocese of New Westminster of the Anglican Church of Canada located at the north-east corner of East Cordova Street and Gore Avenue in the City of Vancouver, , district of the Strathcona neighbourhood.

Museum
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
The & Archives opened to commemorate the centennial of the Vancouver Police Department and the City of , in 1986.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Eastside and Strathcona.

Neighborhood
Photo: Bobanny, Public domain.
The is a neighbourhood in , , Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.

Suburb
is the oldest residential neighbourhood of , , . Officially a part of the East Side, it is bordered by 's neighbourhood and the inlet to the west, to the…

Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gastown and Chinatown are in the east end of downtown between and . The area is one of the oldest parts of the city and much of the early architecture and character remains, giving it a different look and feel to the glass and concrete of the rest of downtown.

Japantown

Latitude
49.28319° or 49° 16′ 60″ north
Longitude
-123.09523° or 123° 5′ 43″ west
Open location code
84XR7WM3+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6916621801
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q3232057
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovak—“Japantown” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “日本城”
  • Chinese: “温哥华日本城”
  • Chinese: “溫哥華日本城”
  • Czech: “Japantown”
  • Esperanto: “Vankuvera Japana Kvartalo”
  • French: “Japantown (Vancouver)”
  • Japanese: “パウエル祭”
  • Japanese: “バンクーバーの日本人街”
  • Japanese: “リトル銀座”
  • Malay: “Pekan Jepun”
  • Slovak: “Japantown”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Chinatown and Gastown.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Evelyne Saller Centre and Po Yuen Taoist Centre Society.

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