A famous part of West Virginia history. Yes, they were detained, along with the German and Italian embassy staff. The Japanese were initially sent to the Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Virginia. But when the Homestead wanted to open for its regular season, the Japanese were moved to the Greenbriar, in West Virginia, replacing the Italians, who had gotten along badly with the Germans and had been shipped to Asheville. The Japanese and the Germans also got along badly, it seems, but all were treated well - much better than the local residents would have liked- and of course kept under supervision by federal agents from the State Dept.

After six months of negotiations, in the summer of 1942, the staff of the Japanese embassy were shipped off to Mozambique, where they were traded for Americans who'd been stranded in Japan.

The Greenbriar ten years later would be fitted with a bunker- a very big one- to hold Congress in case of nuclear attack.