Sawtelle District/
West Los Angeles

Japanese Nursery

Japanese American Businesseson the2000 block of Sawtelle Blvd.

Japanese Nursery(generally post-WWII)
OK Nurserylath house(1946 Sanborn map)
To Santa Monica Blvd
commercial district

K. Kodama/Sports Fish Club

2004 2000

2001

La Grange Ave.

2005

2011

Stockton
Oakland2029

ShinyaModern Beauty Salon
Kishiyama

2031

S. Takemoto
Maruyama Toko Takemoto
Kishiyama Watch Co.

2035
2037

Hisashi Kojima

Sawtelle Pool Hall(Lucky Market)

2039

2042 Ketchie Grocery

Safe & Save Market

WatsonvilleMonterey2030 West LA Credit Union

SalinasWest LA Community Council

Japanese American businesses

grocery

Other businesses

SchoolCommunity

ChurchChurches

FamilyDwelling & family name
Apartments and Flats

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Livingston

San
207 Jose2026

Sawtelle Fish Market& Toya Grocery Co

RyokanHotels and Rooming Houses
Building & porch

14100

Address

FresnoNote

2040 Du-Best Cleaner

Sanborn map note (1928 or ‘46)

FowlerNote
Modern landmarks
Visalia(became 1st Safe & Save)

2041

George’s Hardware 2043
& Pool Supply
Mori & Co., Tomejiro Kitayabashi 2045
Hiroshi Kuramoto

Yamaguchi Home
2051
Dr. Inouye & Dr. Koyama)
Tensho-do Drug Co (1st location)2053
Maruyama Barber Shop
2057

CENTRAL
COAST

2044

Funakoshi Insurance Agency
D. Masuoka Midwife

2050

IkkandeAuto Service2052

Ben’s Jewelry

2054

Dr. Goto, H. Taira DDS

2056

Laundromat

2058

Feingold Dry Goods(Later Tensho Drugs)

11307

11313

Beloit Ave. (103rd Ave.)

2014

Grocery

warehouse Industrial uses

FlorinWalnut Grove
Lodi

H. Endow, D.M. Sasaki

AlamedaSan Mateo
Mountain
View
2024 Jiro Matsubara,
Aki Horiuchi
2025

206

Sawtelle Variety Store

Sacramento

Vacaville
Sebastopol
2012
Petaluma
IsletonBerkeley

2015

T. Yahara

MAP LEGENDMarysville

San Francisco

Sawtelle Barber Shop 2017
& West LA Igo Club
Dr. Tom Abe 2019

11331

Russell’s Service Station

BAY AREA

Sawtelle Blvd. (104th Ave.)

Corinth Ave. (105th Ave.)

Hiroshi Naramura
Jo-Mi Plumbing
Naramura Realty

11250

Ketchie’s Hamburger Stand

2045

Guadalupe
2059

LOS ANGELES AREA JAPANTOWNS

11267

Mississippi Ave
11310

11264

11308

Gas

2101

11250

Glendale
Pasadena

Santa
Monica2100

Los Angeles
Boyle Heights
Gardena
Riverside

VeniceSawtelle
Auto body& fender repairs

2109

2104

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Long BeachSan Pedro

100 miles

Terminal Island
2110

2112

Japanese School2114

Autorepairs

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Gas

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