in 1841 the first recorded japanese landed in fairhaven, massachusetts. he was a ship wrecked sailor from off the coast of hawaii and the whaler ship picked up five japanese men and four of them were left in hawaii, but he was brought to fairhaven, massachusetts. so he's probably the first recorded japanese to be here. and then in 1850 los angeles was incorporated. at that time we had about 1,600 people in a square mile of 28 square miles. today we're about 4 million population and a square mile is about 469. but california was the site of the immigrants from japan, the port of entry was san francisco, and the first colony was up there in northern california at goat hill, about 30 miles south of sacramento. it was an ill-fated tea and silk colony. they lasted about two years. so that was the first organized colony from japan. los angeles, little tokyo, started when we had also a ship wrecked sailor from the san diego area, he came up here and then in 1885 he started the first japanese-american restaurant here in little tokyo. >> common ground, the heart o

settlers came from mexico to get land for the king of spain in 1843 the first recorded japanese landed in fairhaven, massachusetts hamannosuke, and he was a shipwreck sailor from off the coast of hawaii and the whaler ship picked up five japanese men and for them were left in hawaii, but hamonosuke was brought to fair haven, massachusetts, so he's probably the first recorded japanese to be here. and then in 1850 los angeles was incorporated at that time. we had about 1600 people in a square mile of 28 square miles today were about or million population and the square mile is about 469. but california was the site of the immigrants from japan the port of entry with san francisco. and the first colony was up there in northern california at gold hill about 30 miles south of sacramento, and it was the ill-fated guacamatu tea and silk colony. they lasted about two years. so that was the first organized colony from japan. los angeles little tokyo started when we had also a shipwreck sailor from the san diego area. he came up here and then in 1885 he started the first japanese american restaurant here in