Market . You also explore the passageway to the Prohibition-era Card Room . Also below ground are Chinese living quarters and an opium den . There is also a Chinese jail .
WASHINGTON
Kanaka Village at Fort Vancouver
1501 E . Evergreen Blvd . Vancouver , Washington 98661
The historic Kanaka Village was established in 1829 as one of the largest settlements in the West during its time . Initially , it housed settlers related to the fur brigades but eventually the population shifted to more land-based mercantile employees of Hawaiian descent . By the 1850s , the village became known as “ Kanaka Town ” or “ Kanaka Village ,” referring to the Hawaiian word for “ person .” The Kānaka Maoli arrived in the Pacific Northwest with the earliest fur traders , John Jacob Astor ’ s Pacific Fur Company . During the subsequent buyouts and mergers of the various fur – trading companies , the Kanakas remained in the Northwest . By 1821 , they found themselves working for the Hudson ’ s Bay Company . In traditional Hawaiian culture , it was the men who farmed the land . Planters , called mahi ’ ai , raised a variety of fruits and root crops , using a system of carefully constructed and tended irrigation ditches , fences , and terraces , and a variety of soil enhancements . It is possible Kanaka men brought those same skills to the fields and gardens of Fort Vancouver .
Ke Kukui Foundation and 4 Days of Aloha
For many Native Hawaiians , it is a struggle to be able to connect and discover their culture while being so far away from Hawai ’ i . Ke Kukui Foundation offers Hawaiian language classes to the community , giving Native Hawaiians the opportunity to connect with their heritage and non-natives the opportunity to understand the rich culture . Besides our weekly cultural dance and music classes , we offer community events , workshops , cultural concerts and much more throughout the year .
Celebrate Hawaiian culture and island lifestyle with us at Ke Kukui Foundation ’ s 19th Annual 4 Days of Aloha , July 21st to 24th 2022 .
Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden
Spokane , WA my . spokanecity . org / parks / gardens / nishinomiya-tsutakawa-japanese /
S . Bernard Street , Spokane , Washington 99203
The Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Portand Japanese Japanese Garden Garden - Strolling Pond Garden was completed in 1974 and symbolizes the
( Photo by DavidMCobb ) friendship of Spokane and its sister city , Nishinomiya , Japan . The well-known Japanese landscape architect , Nagao Sakurai , who at one time oversaw the Imperial Palace grounds , was enlisted to design the garden in 1967 .
Panama Hotel
605 1 / 2 S . Main Street Seattle , Washington 98104 ( 206 ) 223-9242
The Historic Panama Hotel was built in 1910 by Sabro Ozasa , a Japanese architect and graduate of the University of Washington . Through the years it has served as a home for generations of Japanese immigrants , Alaskan fisherman and international travelers . The hotel remains intact over the years , and its basement houses the best surviving example in the U . S . of an urban Japanese-style bath house , or sento . And perhaps most powerfully , it still holds the belongings , trunks , suitcases and boxes , of Japanese Americans incarcerated in “ relocation centers ” during World War II . The building houses the only remaining Japanese bathhouse ( sento ) left intact in the
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