El Cerrito and Albany are unique for their rich Eastern Asian cultural heritage. During World War II, the local horse racing venue, Golden Gate Fields, became known for the encampment of Japanese Americans. After the war, many Japanese Americans stayed and rebuilt their lives in El Cerrito and Albany. Today, you can find many renowned Japanese retailers and grocery stores in these cities, with Tokyo Fish Market being one of them.

Fred T. Korematsu Middle School in El Cerrito was renamed to honor a Japanese American civil rights leader and pioneer during World War II. El Cerrito High School offers Japanese language lessons to its students, and the community's churches and schools are infused with Japanese American culture.

In El Cerrito, the influence of Japanese Americans is evident in the elegant architectural designs. Many homes have a Western appearance on the outside but feature Japanese-style interiors.

El Cerrito和 Albany 因其豐富的東亞文化遺產而令其獨一無二。在第二次世界大戰期間，當地的賽馬場金門球場因作為日裔美國人的營地而聞名。戰後，許多日裔美國人留在El Cerrito和 Albany重建家庭和生活。如今，您可以在這些城市找到許多著名的日本零售商和雜貨店，東京魚市場就是其中之一。

El Cerrito的 Fred T. Korematsu 中學更名為紀念二戰期間的日裔美國民權領袖和先驅。 El Cerrito 高中為學生提供日語課程，社區的教會和學校充滿了日裔美國文化。

在El Cerrito，日裔美國人的影響在優雅的建築設計中顯而易見。許多房屋的外觀是西式的，但內部卻是日式風格。