http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/1391 Comments for "Nihonmachi: Portland&#039;s Japantown" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/1391 <div class="album_coll_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/1391" ><img src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/dj/nikkeialbum/files/filemanager/public/active/7/mercHot(2kids)thumb_sm.jpg" /></a> </div></div> <p> <p>In the 1890s, hundreds of young Japanese immigrants arrived in Oregon to work on the railroads, lumber mills, farms, and fish canneries. Portland was the hub from which these Issei, mostly young bachelors, found work in the surrounding areas, or stayed and began to work in Portland. The area of Portland by the Willamette River north of W. Burnside Street became known as Japantown.</p> </p> </div> http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum/en/node/1391#comment Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:30:40 -0800 Oregon Nikkei 1391 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/nikkeialbum