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Lectures & Discussions

“Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach” by Mary Adams Urashima

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Lectures & Discussions

“Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach” by Mary Adams Urashima

Join historian and author Mary Adams Urashima as she traces the fascinating history of Wintersburg Village, a vanished Japanese American pioneer community located in present-day Huntington Beach, CA.

Settled in the 19th century by descendants of samurai clans, Wintersburg was recently named one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Read articles written by Mary Urashima on Discover Nikkei.  READ NOW

Check out the blog post written by JANM’s Communications Writer, Carol Cheh, after her field trip to the site.  READ NOW

Saturday, Nov 22, 2014

2:00 PM PST

Join historian and author Mary Adams Urashima as she traces the fascinating history of Wintersburg Village, a vanished Japanese American pioneer community located in present-day Huntington Beach, CA.

Settled in the 19th century by descendants of samurai clans, Wintersburg was recently named one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Read articles written by Mary Urashima on Discover Nikkei.  READ NOW

Check out the blog post written by JANM’s Communications Writer, Carol Cheh, after her field trip to the site.  READ NOW

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