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Rafu Bussan Inc. Little Tokyo

Rafu Bussan Inc. is a spacious Oriental import store that carries various Japanese items such as gifts, chinaware, artwork, cookingware, etc. that is located on E Second Street in Little …

community history

Koraku Japanese Restaurant 314 East 2nd Street

adlarose

Koraku Japanese Restaurant was opened in 1976 as the first authentic Japanese ramen restaurant in the United States. In 1986, it's present owner Mr. Yamauchi purchased the establishment with a …

community history

What better way to connect to the community than through beautiful craft work? Surprisingly Nisei Week, the Little Tokyo Public Safety Association's Brian Kito, and the Japanese American National Museum …

community history

Tanabata at JANM 2009

ylkawashima

After witnessing the beautifully elaborate Tanabata decorations in Sao Paulo, the Discover Nikkei staff who went to Brazil in 2007 asked, Yoshihito Yonezawa, president of Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai if he …

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Little Tokyo Community Profiles

mpitelka

This collection includes materials from the five businesses that students in the Occidental College Asian Studies seminar "Japanophilia" (2009) profiled through their collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum's Discover …

community history

Uyeda Department Store

gmoran

These are a collection of pictures about the Uyeda Department Store and the current owner Satoru Uyeda. His father founded the business in 1945 following the family's release from the …

community history

Part of these albums:: Little Tokyo Community Profiles Collected by: mpitelka

Aihara & Associates Insurance Services: Two Generations of Business in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo Community

brittanddeb

In September of 2005, Aihara & Associates Insurance Services returned to its original home in Little Tokyo after a five year hiatus in Pasadena, California. The business, which was established …

community history

Part of these albums:: Little Tokyo Community Profiles Collected by: mpitelka

The Little Tokyo Café

Jamal_Fahim

The Little Tokyo Café is a small, family run restaurant that is located on N. San Pedro St. Its owner, Mitsuko Minohara, is a second generation Japanese immigrant whose mother …

community history

Part of these albums:: Little Tokyo Community Profiles Collected by: mpitelka

Bunkado: Gifts and Music

avam

Bunkado, meaning “House of Culture” was founded in 1945 by Tokio Ueyama and his wife Suye. Suye and Tokio had just been released from the internment camps, meaning that Tokio …

community history

Part of these albums:: Little Tokyo Community Profiles Collected by: mpitelka

Aoi Restaurant

rbonaparte

Owner of Aoi Hiroko Yamagata came to Southern California in December of 1968. In 1976, with the aid of her sister Grace Maruyama, and without any previous business experience, Hiroko …

community history

Part of these albums:: Little Tokyo Community Profiles Collected by: mpitelka