Maneki is a Japanese restaurant in the Japantown area of the International District in Seattle, Washington that opened in 1904 as the first sushi bar in the city.

[5] Among its early employees, future Japanese prime minister Takeo Miki worked there while supporting himself as a student.

[7] After the Attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which resulted in the internment of Japanese Americans.

[6][5] In the early 1960s, Sato handed ownership over to his daughter, "Shi-chan" Virginia Ichikawa, and her husband Joe.

[6] Officially, the restaurant is now owned by InterIm CDA, an organization dedicated to the preservation of Seattle's International District.