At first glance, there’s not much to see here. It’s just a corner of a street with a small plaza filled with medical offices, 3 small restaurants, and an apartment tower. It’s pretty dead. If you take the time to take in what is there, you’ll appreciate it more. There are statues and monuments, information on each monument, a small garden area that represents a Japanese garden, and a display behind the glass. It’s not much to look at, but the plaza does display bits and pieces of mainstream Japanese culture. It’ll take about 5 minutes to explore this area.
Doug Y.
Place rating: 5 Denver, CO
Not really a tourist destination but still a hub for Japanese Americans living in Co. Pacific Mercantile is the best resource in Denver for cooking all things Japanese, the Tri– State-Buddhist Temple is a pillar of the JA community and there are still JA businesses in and around Sakura Square. If you’re looking to find cheap Made-In-China souvenirs or something along those lines. Take your buns out to South Federal’s «Little Saigon»(another catch-phrase name given to an ethnic area by caucasians) and buy your trinkets there? Here’s a link to an article done by our local Channel 9 news.
Niko M.
Place rating: 1 Las Vegas, NV
Unless the rest of Sakura Square was underground, I was friggin’ TROLLED by a local magazine which named it as Denver’s Japan-town. All that was there were a few doctor and dentists offices, an optometrist, one Chinese restaurant, and ONE Japanese restaurant. So disappointed. The only redeeming factor was a small grove of trees and a couple of nice memorial statues.