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Issei Memorial Building

Issei Memorial Building is a heritage site in , which is located on North 5th Street. Issei Memorial Building is situated nearby to the community center , as well as near .
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  • Type: Heritage site
  • Description: historic building in San Jose, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Japanese American Museum of San Jose”, “Japanese Kuwabara Hospital”, and “Kuwabara Hospital”
  • Address: 565 North 5th Street, San Jose, CA 95112

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Heinlenville Park.

Museum
Photo: Myasuda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is located at 535 N. Fifth Street in , in the heart of Japantown. The museum's mission is to collect, preserve, and share Japanese American art, history, and culture with an emphasis on the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Park
Heinlenville was a Chinese-American ethnic enclave in . Established in 1887 and demolished in 1931, it was the last and longest-lasting of San Jose's five Chinatowns. is situated 990 feet north of Issei Memorial Building.

Buddhist temple
Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 790 feet north of Issei Memorial Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Japantown and Luna Park.

Suburb
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, commonly known as J Town, is a historic cultural district of , north of Downtown San Jose. Historically a center for San Jose's Japanese American and Chinese American communities, San Jose's is one of only three Japantowns that still exist in the United States, alongside and .

Suburb
is a neighborhood in . It is bounded by Old Oakland Road/13th Street, Berryessa Road/Highway 101 and North 17th Street. It is named after the amusement park built by Audley Ingersoll's of Ingersoll's Amusement and financed by the San Jose Street Car Company as a way of bringing more customers to the area.

Photo: Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Often called "the capital of ", is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in , and the 12th largest city in the United States, with a population of over 997,000 residents as of 2024.

Issei Memorial Building

Latitude
37.34794° or 37° 20′ 53″ north
Longitude
-121.89402° or 121° 53′ 39″ west
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Levels
2
Height
35 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
849W84X4+59
Open­Street­Map ID
way 355360103
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Wiki­data ID
Q123264977
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fellowship Hall and Object Art Gallery.

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