We are very excited about the new home for the San Jose Orchid Exposition.  San Jose Japantown is a historical treasure and one of three remaining Japantowns in the United States!  

Located just a few blocks north of downtown San Jose, Japantown has quaint restaurants that serve traditional Asian cuisine, dessert shops, a tofu factory, grocery stores, a farmer's market on Sunday mornings, and a rare mix of specialty shops.

We hope that you will take the time to explore the beauty, diversity and rich culture of this thriving community. 

I have selected a few of my most favorite places in San Jose Japantown as a suggestion of things that you may want to see, taste or do on this or another visit to San Jose Japantown. Enjoy! 

Hotel Accommodations

Why not make this show a vacation? Stay with us Friday and Saturday.  Just a few blocks away you can enjoy world-class service and smartly appointed accommodations at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites-San Jose Airport hotel for a very affordable price.  We'll even include a complimentary hot American and Japanese breakfast bar each morning!  So when are you checking in?

Holiday Inn Express Special Rate Link 

 (Photo above) Neofinetia falcata species the "Samurai Orchids" and the fancy pots used to display them at the sales booth of Seed Engei. Enjoy A Walking Tour of San Jose Japantown

Please click this link to access a walking tour of San Jose Japantown with some of my favorite places to stop enjoy!  The beauty of this resoruce is that it gives you the times that the venues are open and available for viewing and tells you a bit about each of the stops along the way. It is quite possible that you'll become so interested in your first stop on the walking tour that you'll spend over an hour there!  This actually happened with a group of Utah call center agents I was taking on the tour so that they could sell my hotel to guests along with the fun things to eat, buy, do and see in San Jose Japantown.  Don't rush you can always visit again soon!

San Jose Japantown Walking Tour by Bruce Davidson and Michelle Vallejo of the Holiday Inn Express San Jose International Airport