Izakaya Plates Japantown Sj appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
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.
Where to eat in San Jose:
- Kaita Restaurant
- Minato Japanese Restaurant