California, Santa Clara County, San Jose
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There were several pool halls, but no gambling houses in Japantown. However a Japanese-operated print shop on Jackson Street which made cannery labels, printed lottery tickets for the Chinese. A gambling “runner” would come from Chinatown regularly to Japantown to sell lottery tickets to each house or store. Occasionally, adults allowed children to participate.
Connie Young Yu
(Asian Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
There were several pool halls, but no gambling houses in Japantown. However a Japanese-operated print shop on Jackson Street which made cannery labels, printed lottery tickets for the Chinese. A gambling “runner” would come from Chinatown regularly to Japantown to sell lottery tickets to each house or store. Occasionally, adults allowed children to participate.Connie Young Yu
(Asian Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.