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Japanese Hospital: Caring for the Pre-War Nikkei Community Program

Presented Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum. For the early Issei immigrants, access to medical care was limited. Five Issei doctors …

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Frying Fish: Little Tokyo Los Angeles

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The Frying Fish, America's first kaiten-sushi restaurant, is also one of the first businesses established in the Little Tokyo shopping mall complex. It's owners, the Akimotos, have a long history …

community history

Rafu Bussan Inc. Little Tokyo

curtisj

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

Bridging Generations: The UCLA Nikkei Student Union

ylkawashima

In the fall of my first quarter at UCLA I decided to expand my knowledge of the Japanese American community in a fun, explorative way: the Nikkei Student Union (NSU). …

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

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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

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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

全米日系人博物館　『コモン・グラウンド　-　コミュニティの心』

JANM

カリフォルニア州ロサンゼルスにある全米日系人博物館は、日系アメリカ人の体験を伝えるアメリカで初めての博物館です。ここでは、全米日系人博物館の常設展『コモン・グラウンド－コミュニティの心』を紹介します。実際に、博物館を訪れることのできない方、博物館を訪れたけれどもっとよく知りたい、そのような方々を対象に作りました。このコレクションを通じて、日本ではあまり知る機会のない、日系アメリカ人の歴史に少しでも興味を持っていただければと思います。
*全米日系人博物館 janm.org

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Kawafuku Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA

lthistory

This is a collection of images related to the Kawafuku Restaurant in L.A.'s Little Tokyo. The restaurant was opened on Weller Street in 1923 by Takichi and Hana Kato. It …

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Japanese Hospital: Caring for the Pre-War Nikkei Community Program

Frying Fish: Little Tokyo Los Angeles

Rafu Bussan Inc. Little Tokyo

Bridging Generations: The UCLA Nikkei Student Union

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

The Little Tokyo Café

Bunkado: Gifts and Music

Aoi Restaurant

全米日系人博物館　『コモン・グラウンド　-　コミュニティの心』

Kawafuku Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA