When Jo Sakai saw Boca Raton on Christmas Day 1903, he found his paradise and also founded a colony of Japanese farmers at a place called Yamato. Ending a period of isolation in the late 19th century, ...
Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Prologue: Yamato Road -- 1. Going to America with a Broken Heart -- 2. Plans for Japanese Immigration and the Development of Florida -- 3. The ...