Kawakami Building

Kawakami Building (HMZHL)

Location: San Jose, CA 95112 Santa Clara County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 20.957', W 121° 53.627'

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When folks came back from the internment camps many of them were helped a lot by a local businessman, Torahiko Kawakami. He worked through the Buddhist Church hostel to resettle people and to get them back on their feet. He became known as Japantown's "Ombudsman."
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HM NumberHMZHL
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Date Added Saturday, October 4th, 2014 at 12:31am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)10S E 597976 N 4134194
Decimal Degrees37.34928333, -121.89378333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 20.957', W 121° 53.627'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 20' 57.42" N, 121° 53' 37.62" W
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Area Code(s)408, 209, 415, 650, 916
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 225 Jackson St, San Jose CA 95112, US
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