Historic Japanese language, culture school receives $9.5M to help renovate building

by Thomas Hughes, Bay City News March 3, 2024March 1, 2024

The century-old Kinmon Gakuen school for Japanese language and culture at 2031 Bush St. in San Francisco appears in an undated Google Street View image. The school building has received nearly $9.5 million in funding to help pay for renovations. (Google image)

San Francisco’s historic Kinmon Gakuen school for Japanese language and culture is getting an infusion of $9.5 million to help renovate the nearly century-old campus.

The funding consists of $4.5 million from the state and $5 million from the city of San Francisco’s nonprofit API Acquisition Fund, a capital improvement fund that was established in 2023 to invest in the city’s Asian Pacific Islander community.

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