Chapt. 27.doc

1884 – First Japanese Businessman. A cook who jumped ship at San Diego (Los Angeles was year away from being a harbor), Hamanosuke Shigeta opens Charlie Hama’s Restaurant, 340 E. 1st St., about 1886 in an ethnically-mixed zone east of Main Street. He was the first independent Japanese businessman. He did well enough to sell two years later. ................
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