Exhibit Resources Support Us About Us

EXHIBITS / ATTRACTIONS


Pioneers of San Jose Japantown WWII: 442nd Regimental Combat Team WWII: Military Intelligence Service WWII: Assembly Centers and Internment Camps Post-WWII Resettlement Asahi/Zebras Baseball Farming Exhibit Oral History Project Valley of the Voices - KTEH Documentary Japantown Walking Tours

Future Exhibit - Farming


The Sakauye farm in 1915. This San Jose farm is still in operation, although it is now bordered by office buildings. 		By 1900, Japanese immigrant families began to establish permanent homes, primarily in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Milpitas and San Jose. Many of the Issei (first generation) adapted intensive farming techniques, where high yields were achieved by creating the best conditions possible in a limited space. Their considerable success led to hostility, which contributed to the passage of the Alien Land Act in 1913 (preventing ownership of land by aliens ineligible for citizenship).

The exhibit scheduled to be open in late 2002 will showcase farm equipment used by Japanese pioneers in the early 1900s.