Japanese

Besides being only Chinese, they Japanese were another big part of Seattle’s population at the time. Trying to exclude themselves from the Chinese, they built themselves a home on Main street 4 th avenue and 7 th avenue also known as Japantown or Nihonmachi. It flourished with its many hotels and communities, Japan soon made the largest minority population. Traces of Nihonmachi go back as far as 1891 when Dearborn street was once called Mikado street. Around 1940 when the Japanese population diminished, the eastern side of Nihonmachi was demolished to build Yesler Terrace.