A walking tour of Lodi's Japantown helped city leaders understand the powerful history of an area slated for redevelopment.  Photo: Donna Graves
Jill Shiraki and Donna Graves with Mas Hashimoto at his childhood home in Watsonville. During the 1920-30s, the Hashimotos ran a small udon shop and sake brewery from the first floor of their house, and rented the second story to Dr. Frank Ito, a de
The project documented hundreds of places from modest vernacular buildings to grand edifices such as the Fresno Buddhist Church. Photo: Japanese American National Museum
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The connection of community stories to historic places was foregrounded by the project, such as this Japanese American basketball team associated with a Berkeley gymnasium. Photo: Berkeley Historical Society
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