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Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs Resort
9.5 mi NE of junction of New Ave and Roop Rd on Hot Springs Rd, Gilroy,
CA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
37° 6' 32.8824",
-121° 28' 46.5276"
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 California State Historical Marker |
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Under the guidance of the George Roop and William McDonald families during the years of 1865 of Francisco Cantua's discovery to the 1930s, Gilroy Hot Springs was a popular health and family resort oriented around a single hot mineral spring located near Coyote Creek. In 1938 the resort was purchased by H.K. Sakata, a successful Japanese American farmer from Watsonville. Renamed the Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs, it was the only Japanese American owned commercial hot springs in California. The resort served as a recreational and spiritual center for Japanese Americans before World War II and briefly as a hostel after the war for those returning from internment camps.
Last updated: 2/15/2016 21:05:00 |
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Image Gallery  Gazebo and Cistern |
 Minnesota Cabin |
 Minnesota Cabin Sign |
 Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs Resort Historical Marker |
 Japanese Shinto Shrine |
 Shinto Shrine |
 Texas Cabin, Exterior |
 Texas Cabin Porch |
 Texas Cabin, Room |
 Texxas Cabin, Interior |
 World's Fair Japan Pavilion Bridge |
 Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs Resort |
 Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs Cabins |
 Hot Springs and Cistern Gazebo |
 Ladies' Bathhouse |
 Old Bathhouse, Interior |
 Bathhouse Graffiti, 1893 |
 Bath House and Graffiti |
 Yamato Hot Springs Historical Marker |
 Resort Buildings |
 California's Oldest Shinto Shrine |
 Budhist Shrine |
 Japanese-American Shrine |
 Steps to the Shinto Shrine, California |
 Yamato Hot Springs Resort, Gilroy, California |
 Hot Springs Tubs |
 Gilroy Hot Springs Gazebo |
 Yamato Hot Springs Resort Ruins |
 Coyote Creek Bridge |
 View from Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs Resort Grounds |
 Gazebo and Bathhouse |
 Ladies' Bathhouse Entrance |
 View Behind Minnesota Cabin and Bathhouse |
 Century Plant |
 Hot Springs Pool |
 Wyoming and Nebraska Cabins |
 Wyoming Cabin Restoration |
 Captain Kitaji |
 Captain Kitaji, Wyoming and Nebraska Cabins |
 Skylights in Cabin Roof |
 Blue Tarp Covering Cabin |
 Interior, Cabin Needing Restoration |
 Side, Kitaji |
 Interior, Kitaji |
 Tree Column, Kitaji |
 Back of Resort Buildings |
 Kitaji, Rear |
 Montana Cabin |
 Path to Shinto Shrine, Yamato Hot Springs Resort |
 Ruins of Parking Deck, Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs Resort |
 Concrete Cistern |
 Gilroy Hot Springs, California State Park |
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Gilroy Yamato Hot Springs Resort California Map
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