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Vintporium's Virtual California Vintage Tile Gallery Nishioka Fish Market / Ideal Laundry Building

Abandoned Japantown San Jose Tile Vintage Vintporium Vintporium's Virtual California Vintage Tile Gallery

Vintporium's Virtual California Vintage Tile Gallery Nishioka Fish Market / Ideal Laundry Building

Visiting Nishioka Fish Market / Ideal Laundry Building Japantown is one of San Jose's most distinctive and cherished neighborhood business districts. Japantown and its surrounding neighborhood have a rich history and equally rich architecture to match, as well as some great 1920's California tile.   The above image and a blog entry by Ralph Pearce can found https://www.sjpl.org/blog/looking-back-will-japantowns-nishioka-building-survive The brick building located on N Sixth St.was built in 1929 by local laundryman Ichimatsu Tsurukawa for the purpose of running Ideal Laundry Co. The company may not have done as well as expected and was sold to his former employee Ben Ragsac, who move the company...

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