Along the Pacific coast, Oxnard attracted many Japanese laborers to work in the sugar beet fields. To provide for the laborers, a Japantown emerged on ___ (now Oxnard Blvd) and A Street, between 5th and 6th Sts. By 1940, the small town was comprised of 2 hotels, 4 restaurants 3 barbers, 2 bathhouses, 2 churches, 2 pool halls, 2 markets, a fish market, tofu store and 10 other stores. While 42.4% of the historic buildings remain, former Nikkei businesses, and the historic Methodist and Buddhist church sites now serve a primarily Latino population.