Japanese Community on the Southside of Chicago

I’m presenting a talk about Japanese and Japanese-American presence in and around Hyde Park, so I wanted to gather the relevant links in one spot.

Sources for more reading

My History of the Japanese presence on the South Side, the Detention Center and the South Side Japan Town, and the Urban Renewal

On my substack

https://patriciamorse.substack.com/p/japanese-and-japanese-americans-in-886?r=1nl6r0

https://patriciamorse.substack.com/p/japanese-and-japanese-americans-in-a2c?r=1nl6r0

https://patriciamorse.substack.com/p/japanese-and-japanese-americans-in-e74?r=1nl6r0

My detailed history of the Japanese Garden from a Hyde Park neighborhood perspective:

https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/hyde-park-stories-the-japanese-garden-part-i/article_5208a020-f5dc-11ed-a907-e7867366995f.html

https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/hyde-park-stories-the-japanese-garden-part-2/article_a6f5a0be-fb5a-11ed-9dcc-870cbb58b56d.html

Details of the 4800 Detention Center:

https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2019/3/27/eizo-yanagi-1/

Audio including interview with a German internee

Oakwood Community (list of stores and buildings owned):

https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2015/12/2/oakland-kenwood-2/

Biography and Interview (video) with Rev. Kobuse of the Chicago Buddhist Temple

Rev. Gyomay Kubose (Founding Minister)

Frederick Douglass and the Black American Presence at the 1893 Fair

https://www.hpherald.com/news/local/hyde-park-stories-frederick-douglass-monument/article_d9f3186c-933b-11ec-b388-d3eb3790788c.html

History of Hyde Park’s Urban Renewal: