In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, the Sacramento Kings take a closer look at the lost neighborhood of Sacramento’s Japantown, which originally began across the street from where Golden 1 Center stands today.
Spanning from 3rd to 5th and L to O Streets, the lost Japantown was cultivated by Japanese immigrants in the late 1890s who worked in nearby agricultural fields looking to shop for goods that were imported from Japan. In addition, Japantown became a place for Japanese immigrants to find a place to live and build roots away from home in Sacramento.
In the face of increased anti-Japanese rhetoric and hostility across the nation through these years, Sacramento’s Japantown continued to grow.