Did you know Crystal Cove is home to a rich Japanese American history? 🇯🇵 🏖️ In the 1920s and ‘30s, Japanese immigrant families farmed the land that is now Crystal Cove State Park . They built homes, cultivated crops along the coast, and established a Japanese Language School and community center for their children to stay connected to their culture. During WWII, these families were forcibly removed and sent to internment camps, and their school was never the same. Yet their story remains an