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Nihonjin Kyojk-ku Sanfuranshisuko annai chizu
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Sanfuranshisuko annai
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Pocket size tourist guide to San Francisco for Japanese visitors published by the Japanese Accommodation Union. The beginning of the guide reassures visitors that anti-Japanese sentiments do not exist in San Francisco. The guide also covers transportation and major tourist attractions. Includes numerous listings and advertisements for Japanese community organizations and businesses in the area.
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Beikoku tetsudō ryokō annai
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Detailed travel guide for first time Japanese travelers to the United States rail system. Discusses the importance of creating an itinerary, train facilities, how to book tickets, luggage, railway routes and fares. At the time of this publication, the Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki-kaisha (NYK) ran regular shipping routes to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle via Honolulu, and the West Coast is clearly meant as a starting point for travels.
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Hokubei Kashū rosuanzerusu-shi ryaku
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Double sided folding map of Los Angeles printed in blue and red. One side (28 x 38 cm) shows the commercial district and adjacent Japanese area of Los Angeles, and highlights several Japanese-owned businesses. Street names are in English with Japanese names of locations of interest. The other map (32 x 35 cm) shows the greater Los Angeles area, with most place names given in English. Movie studios, points of interest and the ports of Long Beach and San Pedro are identified in Japanese. Both sides are surrounded by advertisements for Japanese-owned businesses, including the Lucky Taxi Co., Ogawa Clock Store and the Sumida Culture Store (selling records, musical instruments, etc.).
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Shinsen Hawai Chizu / Ichimei Hawai Annai / 新撰布哇地圖。一名布哇案内
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Covers Oahu, Maui, Kaui, Hawai'i and the island chain of Hawaiʻi. Shows topics of interest to the Japanese visitor or immigrant to Hawaiʻi including: population demographics of Japanese on the different islands; places of interest, average temperatures, list of Buddhist religious centers, Japanese primary schools, charts of distances between places on the Islands (for example: from Honolulu to Lihue). Text also contains traveler's advice for immigration, entry/re-entry into Hawaiʻi. The outer border consists of blocks of text and graphics containing advertisements from Japanese businesses, including bicycle shops, Western (European) clothing and hat stores, bakeries, hotels, grocery stores and photography studios.
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Nichi-Bei jūshoroku. No. 20
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Japanese American directory, the bulk of the directory lists people and businesses in California, but the last 98 pages also list other states in the United States and in Mexico. Names are given in Japanese, addresses are given in English. Nichibei, or The Japanese American News, was a San Francisco based newspaper that operated from 1899 to 1942.
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Japanese student's Caltech photograph album
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An album of snapshots documenting an unidentified Japanese engineering student's experiences during a study visit at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1935 to 1936. The small photographs are accompanied by detailed, neatly written ink captions in Japanese, with occasional words in English. The album begins with his ship's departure from Kobe, Japan, on December 17, 1935, with stops in Yokohama and Honolulu, Hawaii, and arrival in San Francisco on January 2, 1936. The student observes that his fellow travelers (translated from Japanese) are those going with high hopes, those going with nervous anxiety, those seeking development, and lonesome people. The images and captions document buildings and professors at Caltech; details of streets, businesses and some houses in Pasadena; the garden of "Mr. Cole's" house; the Gilmore Circus Parade; Glendale; Ocean Park, and his departure from San Pedro at the end of his stay. There are two small drawings: businesses at the intersection of Lake Avenue and California Street, Pasadena; and Colorado Blvd. between Green and Cordova streets.
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