The Kinmon Gakuen (金門学園) or Golden Gate Institute is a Japanese language school in
San Francisco
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,
California
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, located at 2031 Bush Street. It was established in 1911 with 133 students. They currently offer programs to children from kindergarten to high school.
In 1927, the original art of Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama's ''
Four Immigrants Manga'' was exhibited there.
The school was forced to close during
World War II
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and was not able to reopen until 1949. It was visited by Japanese
Emperor
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Hirohito
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in 1933
and 1935,
and then-
Crown Prince
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Akihito
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Bo ...
and Crown Princess
Michiko
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* 美智子 — "beautiful wise child"
* 美 ...
in 1960.
The institute celebrated the 100th anniversary of its establishment and received Japan's Foreign Minister's Commendation in 2011.
See also
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Japanese language education in the United States
Japanese language education in the United States began in the late 19th century, aimed mainly at Japanese American children and conducted by parents and community institutions. Over the course of the next century, it would slowly expand to incl ...
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History of the Japanese in San Francisco
There is a Japanese American and a Japanese national population in San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area. The center of the Japanese and Japanese American community is in San Francisco's Japantown.
History
Japan had maintained an official ...
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Japanese-American culture in San Francisco
Educational institutions established in 1911
Schools in San Francisco
Western Addition, San Francisco
Japanese-language schools
Supplementary Japanese schools in the United States
1911 establishments in California
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