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Japanese American Museum of San Jose

Japanese American Museum of San Jose, a museum in California
Japanese American Museum of San Jose, a museum in CaliforniaEugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese American Museum of San Jose, a museum in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese American Museum of San Jose, a museum in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese American Museum of San Jose, a museum in California
EugeneZelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese American Museum of San Jose, a museum in California
Eugene Zelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Japanese American Museum of San Jose, a museum in California
EugeneZelenko · CC BY-SA 4.0

Japanese American Museum of San Jose is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Issei Voices, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

The Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) is located at 535 N. Fifth Street in San Jose, in the heart of Japantown. The museum's mission is to collect, preserve, and share Japanese American art, history, and culture with an emphasis on the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1992.

Wikidata Q6158083, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
22 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.34750, -121.89375
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.2 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.2 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.2 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 25
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.0 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.7 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 17.1 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Japanese American Museum of San Jose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakE 92°1,298 m13.8 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 91°1,286 m14.0 mi
Mount HamiltonE 92°1,279 m13.8 mi
Huyghens PeakE 92°1,276 m13.9 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 93°1,237 m13.7 mi
Black MountainENE 60°1,169 m12.2 mi
Mount DayENE 64°1,163 m11.7 mi
Mount UmunhumS 181°1,063 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/350497048

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