Japantown Was Forever
Nanka Shokai, Tuna Street, Furusato (Terminal Island)
May 17, 2021
Tuna Street was one of the commercial centers of a Japanese fishing village on Terminal Island. Informally known as Furusato (Home Sweet Home, or old village), this community was home to over 3,500 Issei and Nisei. They had their own dialect, kii-shu-ben. In February 1942, they were forcibly removed, and their homes, belongings and businesses were bulldozed.
This building was Nanka Shokai, a clothing store on Tuna Street.
Terminal Island is in Los Angeles County which is on Chumash, Tongva, and Kizh land.