Izakaya small plates is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in San Jose. Japantown San Jose, one of three surviving historic US Japantowns, draws locals to its izakayas and ramen counters on N 6th Street for shareable plates and draft beer. Start with where to eat Izakaya small plates in San Jose.

Izakaya small plates · San Jose

Japantown San Jose, one of three surviving historic US Japantowns, draws locals to its izakayas and ramen counters on N 6th Street for shareable plates and draft beer.

San Jose's Japantown was established in the late 1800s when Japanese farm workers and merchants settled along N 5th and 6th Streets. After Executive Order 9066 forced Japanese-Americans into internment camps in 1942, the community returned after the war to find their neighbourhood partially dispersed, but rebuilt it as a cultural anchor. The izakaya tradition, pubs with small plates and sake, took root in Japantown through the 1970s and 1980s as a social format that combined the community centre function with the pub. Today's Japantown izakayas draw diners from across Silicon Valley.

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