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Mykawa, Houston
Mykawa is an area within Houston, Texas, United States that was formerly a distinct unincorporated community in Harris County.
==History==
Mykawa was named after a Japanese nurseryman named Shinpei Mykawa, who, by 1906, introduced the cultivation of rice in the area. The community was renamed from Erin Station after Mykawa died after he fell underneath one of his pieces of agricultural equipment.〔"(Historic Houston Streets: The Stories Behind the Name ). ''July 19, 2007''〕 Officials from the Santa Fe Railroad Company renamed the station after Mykawa, and many Japanese immigrants to Texas perceived it as a place friendly to Asian Americans because of the town's naming.〔Connor, R. E. "(How That Road Got Its Name )." ''Houston Post'', Sunday May 2, 1965. Spotlight, Page 3. - Available on microfilm at the Houston Public Library Central Library Jesse H. Jones Building〕 Mykawa's name, as the town name and the name of Mykawa Road, is pronounced differently from the actual Japanese name ''Maekawa''.〔"(改称される「ジャップ通り」 その２ )." ''Sanyo Shimbun''. Retrieved on June 19, 2009.〕
For a period Mykawa had a community of Japanese rice farmers. John M. Moore of the ''Houston Post'' said that it "seems to be" that salt water and waste oil introduced by a nearby oil field destroyed some rice field crops cultivated by the Japanese farmers, causing them to leave the area before World War II; Moore said that area residents erroneously believed that the farmers left as a result of World War II.〔Moore, John M. "Mykawa Is Fading Into City's Shadows." ''Houston Post''. Sunday July 1, 1951. Section 1, Page 14. Available via microfilm from the Houston Public Library Main Library Jesse H. Jones Building.〕 By 1951 the nearest Japanese farmers were located near Minnetex. During that year many of the Japanese farmers formerly in Mykawa resided in north Harris County. In 1951 Moore said that Mykawa was losing its individual identity and was becoming a part of Houston. Moore said "I found out that Mykawa was gradually losing its individuality."〔 Moore said that when he visited a general store where natives of the area said that they did most of their shopping, the clerk was unaware that there was a community called "Mykawa."〔
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