Angel Island Immigration Station Tour

Angel Island

Immigration Station Tour

September 18, 2010

Most of the 60,000 Japanese on Angel Island were "picture brides."

JAMsj and the San Jose JACL are co-hosting a bus tour to historic Angel Island, "The Ellis Island of the West," on Saturday, September 18, 2010. We will be visiting the newly restored 100-year old immigration station on a docent-led tour.

Angel Island is one of the most beautiful state parks in Northern California, yet it also holds a shadowy past for hundreds of thousands of Asian Americans. Although the Angel Island Immigration Station was a major port of entry for Asian immigrants, the experience of Chinese and Japanese immigrants was quite different at the station. While both Chinese and Japanese immigrants faced strong anti-Asian sentiments and exclusionary laws, Chinese immigrants often faced longer detentions and harsher treatment than their Japanese counterparts at the Angel Island Immigration Station. Come to this event and find out why.

This will be an all-day event and it will be an excellent educational experience for all. Seating for this trip will be limited, so please plan to purchase your tickets early. Tickets will be available through Nikkei Traditions and will cost $70 for members of JAMsj and/or the San Jose Chapter of the JACL. The cost will be $85 for non-members.

Contact Carrie Kimura (JACL) at xaibitara@airn.com or June Honma (JAMsj) at june@jamsj.org for additional event information. Alternatively, you may call the JAMsj office at 408-294-3138.
Workshop with Student participation.