The Panama Hotel’s basement is home to items left by Japanese Americans who were imprisoned following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
SEATTLE — March 21 marks 82 years since the U.S. government forced Japanese Americans into concentration camps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
When released, they found refuge and stability in an unlikely place: Seattle hotels.
Some of those hotels that played roles in that story are still standing today. The Panama Hotel watches over Seattle’s Nihonmachi, or Japantown.
Jan Johnson maintains the 102 rooms inside. Each room is a perfect preservation of the past and the hotel still serves the public.
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