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Contact: Charles Beall, 206-220-4232
The Japanese American Remembrance Trail earned a 2021 Association of King County Historical Organizations "Excellence in Public Programming Award" for the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, National Park Service, and its community partners.
Cassie Chinn, Deputy Executive Director of the Wing Luke Museum received the award during last night’s virtual ceremony and shared the story of World War II veteran and long-time neighborhood resident, Hiro Nishimura’s daily walks as an inspiration to get the community outside and active while exploring its Japanese American heritage. She also thanked the National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington, and the many neighborhood organizations and community members that helped to make the trail a reality. She ended her remarks by encouraging people to explore the trail, while also shopping and eating in the neighborhood’s numerous and unique small businesses.
The Japanese American Remembrance Trail explores Seattle’s original Japantown from Pioneer Square, through the Chinatown-International District, to the Central District. The trail allows participants to immerse themselves in the personal stories of resiliency of those who make up this community from early pioneers, through the World War II, to community life today. The 42 sites include the Panama Hotel, a National Historical Landmark, where Japanese American families stored their luggage during their unjust incarceration and The North American Post where the oldest Japanese-language newspaper in the Pacific Northwest continues to be published.
The free map is available at the Wing Luke Museum, Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, and on-line in English and Japanese.
Additional information and an alternate version of the map is available in this feature on the Japanese American Remembrance Trail published earlier this month in The Seattle Times.
A full list of 2021 Association of King County Historical Organizations awardees is available here.
Last updated: May 26, 2021