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These Century-Old Businesses Define Seattle's Japantown


These Century-Old Businesses Define Seattle s Japantown
Naomi Tomky
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E0HRJ5 Panama Hotel sign on exterior door, Nihonmachi, International District, Seattle, Washington State, USA
The sun-bleached Douglas fir floors at the Panama Hotel and Tea House may be 111 years old, but they still support the customers who sit at tables sipping steaming mugs of nutty genmaicha. Below, in the property s basement, is a long-shuttered but marvelously preserved public bath. Its neat rows of wooden lockers and deep marble tubs made it indispensable during the early 20th century when few people had private baths. But it also served as an important gathering place where the day s news flowed freely among residents of Seattle s ....

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