Tie-in with the "100 years of Japanese Texas" will be the hope that KISHI LANE and MAYUMI ROAD may be adopted and accepted by the Jefferson/Orange so as to truly honor the Japanese pioneers on that land, through the seeking of enlightened local residents to participate in this celebration, it is contemplated that through appropriate education and public relations, we will be able to accomplish the name change of these roads. This project shall call for a lot of hard work over a period of time. Some participants are already assigned to the task and Daniel Watanabe is spearheading this project. Both George Hirasaki and Mari Okabayashi have approved this route to be the path to take in the name changes. October, 2002

Position of Houston JACL , December 2003
Position of Houston JACL, March 2004
Texas Honor Press Release, 7/8/04
Petition to change the name of Jap Road
Online National JACL petition by Kristine Minami
National JACL, July 21
National JACL Resolution