sorry, i wanted to say LESS UPPITY (than beachwood)

 

i got distracted during the post

 

 

Beachwood is not uppity - to me.  But I get the point.

 

Uppity to me is the folks that live in CH. Especially those between N.  Park and Euclid Hts. Blvd and Lee Rd. and the Border of Cleveland, live  north of Severance and in the Forest Hills section, adjacent to E.  Cleveland.  Them be's some highfalutin sadity muthasuckas!

 

I've been seeing a Japanese girl for over a year now, have been to the country, and am very familiar with the culture.

 

After growing up in Cleveland, and now living in Seattle (a large Japanese population) I strongly urge you to reconsider the Cleveland area if you're looking for any type of Japanese culture. Living there for 25 years I never met a Japanese person. Maybe unusual, however Ohio is about the worst area to be a Japanese person looking for any type of Japanese culture.

 

If you're wife is from Osaka she might dig Cleveland, Tokyo...ummm..... ;)

^Seattle over Cleveland? I'm familiar with the Japanese culture as well, and nothing about Seattle is more Japanese or fitting to Japanese than what you'll find in Cleveland. Maybe the number of Japanese restaurants. So that point aside, Cleveland may not have a huge Japanese population, but its still a far more interesting and diverse city than Seattle. If you want a US "match" for Tokyo, it would be New York, without exception.

nothing about Seattle is more Japanese or fitting to Japanese than what you'll find in Cleveland.

 

serious?

To the original poster, please make sure you bring your wife along for a visit before you move to Cleveland....

 

^ fair enough.

Here's an article on the Japanese in Cleveland from the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:

 

"Cleveland's Japanese-American community began after World War II, when significant numbers began settling in the area. Prior to this, only a few Japanese called Cleveland home (18 in 1940). Most Japanese immigrated to the Pacific Coast between 1890-1924, developing "Little Tokyos" in West Coast communities. The Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924 halted further immigration....."

 

http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=J

A Japanese art gallery in Cleveland:  http://www.vernegallery.com/

 

Plus, the Cleveland Museum of Art is highly respected amongst Japanese for its Japanese collection: http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/01/seunghye_sun_appointed_curator.html

 

Other stuff: http://www.lkwdpl.org/jacl/

Here's an article on the Japanese in Cleveland from the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:

 

"Cleveland's Japanese-American community began after World War II, when significant numbers began settling in the area. Prior to this, only a few Japanese called Cleveland home (18 in 1940). Most Japanese immigrated to the Pacific Coast between 1890-1924, developing "Little Tokyos" in West Coast communities. The Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924 halted further immigration....."

 

http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=J

 

A little more indepth http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3259

 

I'm actually surprised; I thought it would be higher.  Seattle is 1.57% Japanese http://seattle.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm

Wow, great website. I never realized Cleveland was 5% Puerto Rican!

 

An interesting point: Seattle has more Japanese (appx 9k) than Cleveland has total Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Viet, Japanese) (appx 6500). Heck, the Seattle suburb of Bellevue has 2800 Japanese which is 14 times the number of Japanese living in Cleveland!

 

Not sure how this got into a Seattle/Cleveland thing, I'll shut up now. :)

 

Anyway, looking at that website, stats show that Cleveland has 211 (0.04%) Japanese living in the city. This may actually work to your advantage. Your wife will certainly get attention and interest from those she meet. It's not every day or every month someone from Cleveland comes across a Japanese person. She'll be a mini celebrity!

Question to the OP.... is your wife 'Japanese' or is she 'Japanese-American'?  Well... I suppose she is Japanese-American either way, but what I am asking is was she born and raised in Japan or was she 'born in the USA' and simply of japanese descent?

Please remember when addressing matters pertaining to an racial issue, it's best to leave the stereotypes at home.

 

Thanks!

 

My wife was born and raised in Japan, she moved to the states about 10 years ago.

 

She has been to Cleveland before as well as Columbus (her cousin works for Honda and lives in Columbus).  One thing she really liked about Columbus is that her cousin sends her daughter (4 years old) to a Saturday school for Japanese children so that they can learn to be bi-lingual as well as interact with other children who have similar culture.

 

This is something my wife really would like and I am just not sure if there is a strong enough presence for something like that in the Cleveland area. 

Japanese Language School of Cleveland:

 

http://www.jlscweb.com/

 

Japanese Association of Northern Ohio:

 

http://www.janosakura.org/

There seems to be a place called the Japanese Language School of Cleveland in S Euclid but I'm having trouble actually finding a listing for it on the 'net.  It's mentioned here: http://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/japanese/jano-2010.htm

Not sure how this got into a Seattle/Cleveland thing, I'll shut up now. :)

 

 

Because you introduced it. You have trolled on a number of threads and have taken them off topic into Cleveland vs. Seattle debates. We don't get paid to manage this site, including editing or removing your trolling posts.

 

Your posting privileges will be suspended if you persist. Consider yourself warned.

Thanks for the links everyone.  So from everyone's comments it sounds like the following would appeal the best for me:

Willoughby - Good School rating - 30 min to dwtn, 40 from Ashtabula, demographics primarily white, nice neighborhood

Solon - Best School - 30 min to dwtn, 70 min to Ashtabula, demographics good mix, up and coming neighborhood

Mayfield - very good Schools - 25 min to dwtn, 60 min to Ashtabula, demographics good mix,

Pepper Pike (Orange) - very good schools - 25 min to dwntn, 65 min to Ashtabula, demographics primarily white

Rocky River - very good schools, 20 min to dwtn, 80 min to Ashtabula, demographics primarily white, close to beach

 

I know Rocky river is on the west side, but i still wanted to include it.  More than likely i would like the east side.  It is a touch decision since I plan on buying and staying in the same place for at least 10 years.

Maybe you should rent first... learn more about the area before settling in on a home.  Just a suggestion... especially since you don't have to worry about schools just yet.

Maybe you should rent first... learn more about the area before settling in on a home.  Just a suggestion... especially since you don't have to worry about schools just yet.

 

Agreed, in addition, based on what is written, it appears you want to live in an area that isn't diverse.  SMH

There is also this

 

http://www.meetup.com/japanese-535/

 

Its just a group of people who are Japanese or are interested in Japanese culture. They have meet ups, discuss any events concerning Japanese culture, etc. A lot of them seemed to have either moved here recently from another state or from Japan within the last couple years or so and most of the members speak both English and Japanese.

one of my coworkers is trying to sell a house in rocky river, nice area