Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — California Has Jap Village. [ARTICLE]

California Has Jap Village.

Few people realize that in the United States there is a village composed entirely of Japanese, who live their lives Just as they did before leaving the Flowery kingdom. This quaint spot of interest is north of the long pier, a mile from Santa Monica, Cal. Here is the home of a number of Japanese fishermen. Their native dress, food and the dally routine of their lives are carried out as though the little village were on the far shore of Nippon. On Sundays are to be seen the native sports of the Japanese. The geisha girls serve tea and bonbons to visitors, while the young men display their prowess at wrfestling, Jiu-Jitsu and other Oriental pastimes. —Los Angeles Times.