Here's the reason why Chinatown, Japantown, Little Saigon want our own neighborhood names used. Please make the corrections.
There is no such place as an International District!

The entire district name is Chinatown International District, according to City Ordinance 119297 (1999), or the CID; or Chinatown ID, but never just ID.

The boundaries of the CID are from 4th Ave. S. to Rainier Ave. S. and from Yesler Way to Charles and Dearborn Streets (Chinatown International District Urban Village Master Plan, 1998; Chinatown International District Strategic Plan, 1998; Chinatown International District Neighborhood Master Plan, updated 2021).

Within the CID are the three neighborhoods of Chinatown, Japantown and Little Saigon. Chinatown is roughly south of Jackson; Japantown is roughly north of Jackson and Little Saigon is largely east of I-5.

Also within the CID is the Seattle Chinatown Historic District, as listed on the National Register of Historic Places (1986). For your information, a portion of Japantown opted to be included in the Chinatown Historic District.

The name Chinatown International District came about as the result of a compromise, and as such, no one in Chinatown, Japantown or Little Saigon (CJLS) likes it; but that’s the nature of a compromise. We want our own neighborhood names to be used for historic, cultural, heritage and marketing reasons. The problem with the “international" label is that it marks us as forever foreign and contributes to the anti-Asian hate crimes climate. As one community member asked, “When do we get to be American?” We prefer our own neighborhood names be used, as they are now time honored parts of the American fabric.

The City of Seattle is moving in the right direction. City staff met with representatives of CJLS to get our input on the Jackson St. Streetcar project. As a result, our neighborhood names of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon each appears on one of the three streetcar station stops on Jackson....