Terminal Island Japanese Fishing Village Memorial — Attraction in Los Angeles

The Japanese Fishermans Memorial,located on Terminal Island,Los Angeles,California,is a scenic portside memorial dedicated to The Japanese fishing village and the community that lived and worked there and made it their "furasato"-or "Home Sweet Home".These were the first Japanese families forcibly relocated after the bombing of Pearl Harbor,Hawaii.A few years later these same Japanese individuals and families were given $25.00 and a bus ticket back to furasato only to find their village had been bulldozed and leveled to nothing. . . . . #japanesefishermansmemorial #japan #fishing #losangeleshistory #ilovefishing #japanesefisherman #ilovelosangeles #californiadreaming #californiadreamin #sculptures #hawaii #issei #nisei #sansei #pearlharbor #terminalislandersclub #issei #nisei #sensai #furasato #internment #terminalislandtreasures #terminalisland...

As you get closer to this spot, the signs for it gets smaller and harder to find. If it wasn't for the protruding "Gate" of this memorial you would never had know it was there. I agree with a previous reviewer of this spot at how poor of a monument that was made in honor of the sacrifice of the people who were displaced during this time in history. It's a statue of a couple fishermen, a few black and white plaques, several metal plates of those who contributed to this, and four sets of rocks in a parking lot with buildings falling apart around it....

It's important to remember the past. This memorial is to the Americans of Japanese decent that were forced from their homes and into internment camps during WWII. We should never forget the injustice that was served and should look to survivors and their children as an example of compassion and understanding.

The memorial can be easy to miss, as it nearly blends in with the road. It's on your left hand side as you drive down terminal island. There is good so she that marks the way once you exit...