The Historic Chinatown Gate is a forty-five-foot-tall red and gold steel archway that spans South King Street near Fifth Avenue South. It is a modern example of a traditional pai-lau, or ceremonial gate, topped with intricate ceramic…
Chinatown and Japantown Walk
This walk takes you through Seattle's historic Asian-American enclaves, from the bustling plazas of Chinatown to the quiet hillsides of old Japantown. Along the way, we'll visit community-built gardens, historic boarding houses, and landmarks of resilience.
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1. Historic Chinatown Gate
2. Hing Hay Park
Hing Hay Park is a zero point six four-acre public space in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, easily identified by a prominent, twenty-by-seventy-foot red metal gateway designed to resemble origami. Established in nineteen…
3. Canton Alley South
Canton Alley is a narrow, historic passageway tucked between Seventh and Eighth Avenues South in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. It is defined by its position directly between the East Kong Yick Building and the West Kong Yick…
4. Wing Luke Museum
The Wing Luke Museum occupies the East Kong Yick Building, a historic structure built in nineteen ten by Chinese immigrants. You can identify the museum by the way its street-level facade is designed to resemble an old-time Chinatown…
5. Kobe Terrace
Kobe Terrace is a hillside park defined by its terraced stone paths that wind along the steep slope between South Washington and South Main Streets. You can identify the space by the two-hundred-year-old stone lantern, a Yukimidoro, which…
6. Danny Woo Community Garden
The Danny Woo Community Garden is a one and a half acre terraced hillside that rises above the Chinatown-International District. It is recognized by its steep, stepped garden plots and over sixty mature fruit trees, which create a dense…
7. Nippon Kan Theatre
The Nippon Kan Theatre is marked by its exterior painted in black and red, colors chosen for their cultural significance in Japan. Built in nineteen oh nine, the building sits in what was once the center of Seattle's Japantown. It was…
8. Panama Hotel and Tea House
The Panama Hotel sits at the corner of South Main Street, defined by its five-story red brick facade and steep stairways. Built in nineteen ten, this building was designed by Sabro Ozasa, Seattle's first Japanese-American architect. It…