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Panama Hotel and Tea House
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Located at the north end of the international district, this historic spot has a great selection of tea, backed with coffee and two rooms of seating.
This coffee shop is located on the ground floor of famous hotel that was at the heart of international district and Japanese community prior to WWII. The shop has a number of historical photos and you can view some of the items left in hotel basement storage by the many Japanese families who were forcibly relocated to internment camps during WWII.
Now a coffeeshop, worth a visit......The internment had an especially large impact in Seattle’s Japantown, where Japanese-Americans, many of them US-born citizens, were forced to abandon their homes and businesses almost overnight. Before they were led away to the camps, some stashed their belongings in the basement of the Panama Hotel for safekeeping. At the time, the hotel served as communal gathering place, guest house, and sento (Japanese-style bath house). Amazingly, many of those trunks and suitcases are still there and on view, waiting for owners that never came back.
Now a coffeeshop, worth a visit......The internment had an especially large impact in Seattle’s Japantown, where Japanese-Americans, many of them US-born citizens, were forced to abandon their homes and businesses almost overnight. Before they were led away to the camps, some stashed their belonging…
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605 South Main St
Seattle, WA
Downtown Seattle