Leaders at Sakura Square hope for help to preserve and revitalize the block. "There is value to maintain the only ethnic ...

Sakura Foundation board president Joni Sakaguchi and member Charles Ozaki hope a loan from the city will help preserve Sakura Square, the final pillar of Denver’s Japantown. Photo: Carly Rose, Rocky ...

Sakura Square, long considered the heart of Denver's Japanese-American community, is showing its age.

Leaders of the Sakura Square community are hoping the city will help them preserve what's left and usher in a new era.