Free Lecture Saturday, August 10, Lost Japantowns

For AsAmNews, Historian Raymond Chong will speak on “Lost Kinjo—The Lost Japantowns In California” on Saturday, August 10, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the San Diego Central Library, 330 Park Boulevard, San Diego 92101, for a free event.

The speech will cover life in the Japantowns before 1942, the incarceration in the concentration camps, and the fearful resettlement in 1945. As long-time San Diegans know, the current Central Library is just blocks away from San Diego's Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District — where some remnants of the Japanese residents are commemorated by the occasional plaque.

NOTE: This is a private event at the ibrary but not promoted by them. Therefore no information is listed on the Library website but BTSD has confirmed it will take place.

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How to Find the Lecture: The Mary Hollis Cark Conference Center is accessible from the library foyer. If you are coming up from the elevator in the basement parking, go to the first floor and turn to the right. (Don’t forget to validate your parking.)

How to Find Parking. The library maintains a basement parking lot. If you circle the library by car you sill find the parking lot entrance. Take your ticket for validation.

RSVP. You can RSVP to the invitation by smartphone from the QR code.

With this appearance, Dr. Chong concludes an eight-city tour throughout California. Learn more here.

This lecture is hosted by AsAmNews, published by Asian American Media Inc., with support from several sources including the California Library System.