Megumi Matsuzaki
A third-year student at Waseda University's School of International Liberal Studies. During his one-year study abroad at the University of Washington, he interned for Soy Sauce and North American Post for three months. Influenced by his father, who lived in Seattle, he became interested in the history of Japanese immigrants in Seattle.
(Updated May 2017)
Stories from This Author
Getting to Know Seattle's Japantown: During and After the War
July 19, 2018 • Megumi Matsuzaki , Mao Osumi , Misa Murohashi
Prewar Edition >> A symbol of Seattle's minority culture The International District is located south of downtown Seattle. Japantown remains in one corner of the district. At its peak before the war, around 8,500 Japanese immigrants lived and ran businesses there. However, after the start of the Pacific War, a presidential decree led to all Japanese residents being repatriated to internment camps. Following on from our previous article, which introduced Japantown before the war , here we trace the changes …
Getting to Know Seattle's Japantown - Prewar Edition
July 18, 2018 • Megumi Matsuzaki , Mao Osumi , Misa Murohashi
There are festivals, public baths, kabuki, and "little Japan" The International District is located south of downtown Seattle. In one corner of the district remains Japantown. At its peak before the war, around 8,500 Japanese immigrants lived and ran businesses there. An intern from the North American Post Agency traces the origins of Japanese immigration to Seattle, the glorious era, and the vestiges that remain today. History of Japanese immigration dating back to the 1880s Did you know that Seattle …
