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Community first. kurt: right, 1890 was when some of the first japanese arrived in this area. anthony: south bay, san jose. not much going on out here, other than world domination by a small group of tech companies. but on a happier, less paranoid note, san jose has one of the last three remaining japantowns in the country. anthony: who were the first japanese to come over? kurt: students, laborers looking for a better life. in traditional japanese families the first son inherited everything, so generally it was the second son who would get nothing who would come over. and when the first japanese came here one of the places they would stay at would be chinatown because you would have an asian community, they would be able to find food that was similar to japanese food, and kind of there would be a camaraderie. thank you. anthony: oh thank you. curt fukuda grew up in the area and his family, like thousands of other japanese americans, were interned in camps during world war ii. ....
Community first. kurt: right. 1890 was when some of the first japanese arrived in this area. anthony: south bay, san jose. not much going on out here, other than world domination by a small group of tech companies. but on a happier, less paranoid note, san jose has one of the last three remaining japantowns in the country. anthony: who were the first japanese to come over? kurt: students, laborers looking for a better life. in traditional japanese families the first son inherited everything, so generally it was the second son who would get nothing who would come over. and when the first japanese came here one of the places they would stay at would be chinatown because you would have an asian community, they would be able to find food that was similar to japanese food, and kind of there would be a camaraderie. thank you. anthony: oh thank you. curt fukuda grew up in the area and his family, like thousands ....
Lot across the street? that was san jose chinatown. it was built in 1887. anthony: that was first. kurt: that was first. anthony: it was a chinese community first. kurt: right, 1890 was when some of the first japanese arrived in this area. anthony: south bay, san jose. not much going on out here, other than world domination by a small group of tech companies. but on a happier, less paranoid note, san jose has one of the last three remaining japantowns in the country. anthony: who were the first japanese to come over? kurt: students, laborers looking for a better life. in traditional japanese families the first son inherited everything, so generally it was the second son who would get nothing who would come over. and when the first japanese came here, one of the places they would stay at would be chinatown because you would have an asian community, they would be able to find food that was similar to japanese food, and kind of there would be a camaraderie. thank you. anth ....
Community first. kurt: right, 1890 was when some of the first japanese arrived in this area. anthony: south bay, san jose. not much going on out here, other than world domination by a small group of tech companies. but on a happier, less paranoid note, san jose has one of the last three remaining japantowns in the country. anthony: who were the first japanese to come over? kurt: students, laborers looking for a better life. in traditional japanese families the first son inherited everything, so generally it was the second son who would get nothing who would come over. and when the first japanese came here one of the places they would stay at would be chinatown because you would have an asian community, they would be able to find food that was similar to japanese food, and kind of there would be a camaraderie. thank you. anthony: oh thank you. curt fukuda grew up in the area ....