http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/1380 Comments for "Merchant Hotel, Portland, Oregon ca 1938" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/1380 <div class="album_item_teaser"> <div class="box_outer_wrapper"><div class="box_inner_wrapper"> <div class="box_outer_header"><div class="box_inner_header">&nbsp;</div></div> <a href="/nikkeialbum/en/node/1380" ><img src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/dj/nikkeialbum/files/filemanager/public/active/7/mercHot(2kids)thumb_sm.jpg" /></a></div></div> <p> <p>Aya Fukuda on skates with a friend by the Merchant Hotel doorway, Portland, Oregon, ca. 1938. Photo courtesy of Yoji Matsushima.</p> <p>The Merchant Hotel, the current home of the <a href="http://www.oregonnikkei.org">Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center</a>, was one of the central buildings in Portland’s Japantown. It housed the offices of the Japanese language newspaper <em>Oshu Nippo</em>, a laundry and bathhouse, medical offices, Japanese drygoods store, and the hotel itself was at times managed by Japanese.</p> </p> <p>All rights reserved<br/> </p> </div> http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/1380#comment Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:05:24 -0800 Oregon Nikkei 1380 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum