In 1941, Pasadena's Japantown was flourishing with 3 hotels, 10 florists, 6 nurseries, 4 laundries, 11 produce stores, and a dozen other Japanese owned businesses. The community had a Buddhist fellowship, a Christian church, and a Japanese language school. While one third of the pre-war buildings remain in the city streetscape, the Pasadena Japanese Cultural Institute, at 595 Lincoln Avenue, connects its community history through the teaching of language, culture, and cultivation of youth leadership.