Sento at Sixth and Main: Preserving Landmarks of Japanese American Heritage is the product of more than five years of intensive collaboration between myself and historian Gail Dubrow. This book documents 10 places significant in Japanese-American heritage. Its purpose is to develop a clearer understanding of the meanings these sites hold in the collective memory of Nikkei communities in the American West, and to help build a new constituency for preserving these overlooked cultural resources.

The most challenging part of this project was balancing the desire for a richly illustrated publication within the restrictions of a nonprofit budget. The book was originally planned as a modest 32-page, text-based publication. However, through grant writing and donor support, we were able to expand the publication to 232 pages.