Community comes together to revitalize Japantown language school

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Kinmon Gakuen in San Francisco's Japantown is poised to undergo a major facelift after community leaders spearheaded a fundraising effort.

Kinmon Gakuen in San Francisco 's Japantown is poised to undergo a major facelift after community leaders spearheaded a fundraising effort. Proponents say it's a symbol of survival, as other relics have disappeared during decades of urban renewal in the neighborhood. Diane Matsuda vividly remembers when she would come to Kinmon Gakuen as a child every week. 'It was a place where we learned about community.

Minami, an SF State professor who specializes in Japanese language and cross cultural studies, explained how a San Francisco school board policy mandating in 1906 that all children of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese descent attend an 'Oriental School' in Chinatown led to the creation of the school.'That triggered the establishment of Kinmon Gakuen. The Japanese people gathered to set up Kinmon Gakuen,' said Minami.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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