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North America

Japantowns were created because of the widespread immigration of Japanese to America in the Meiji period. At that time, many Japanese were poor and did not have much money. Because of that they thought they would have a better life in the USA. Slowly they began to make small towns all across the US and some parts of Canada. The Meiji period ) denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running from 8 September 1868 (in the Gregorian calendar, 23 October 1868) to 30 July 1912. ...

There are currently three Japantowns left in the United States, which are facing issues such as commercialization, reconstruction, and dwindling Japanese populations. [1]

Official Japantowns

Japantown, San Francisco

• Japantown, San Francisco, California
• Japantown, San Jose, California
• Japantown, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California

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Concentrated and historical Japanese populations

• Gardena, California
• Hawaii
• Novi, Michigan
• Torrance, California
• West Los Angeles, California
• Westchester County, New York

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Outside North America

• Liberdade is the Japanese district in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, after the United States and Canada.
• Düsseldorf (especially the district Oberkassel) has the largest Japanese population in Germany (and Europe). It has the biggest Buddhist temple of Europe as well. The towns surrounding Düsseldorf (e.g. Meerbusch in the west of Düsseldorf) have significant Japanese population as well.
• London has a Japanese community in Leicester Square
• In Bangkok a Japanese population lives in and around Sukhumvit Road, and Phrompong. Many of the apartment complexes are rented solely to Japanese people (although they may be owns by Thais), and there are Japanese grocery shops, restaurants, bars, dry cleaning, clubs, etc. in and around Phrompong.

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See also

• List of named ethnic enclaves in North American cities