The primary concern we have is that it does pose a fire risk because of all the paper.

and basic needs of families when they returned from the wartime camps.Aiko got her first job in Los Angeles at Rafu Shoten.

and their neighbors were businesses like Nisei Trading.She met Kiyoshi Kawaratani in 1951.at the request of Dean Matsubayashi.

Carol Tanita (50 years) and Rigoberto Martinez (30 years).Aiko and Skip had no children of their own.

Thiscommunity was a second home to the Kawaratanis.

Little Tokyo Historical Society.org/religion/2023/10/11/in-their-own-words-cultural-connections-to-religion-among-asian-americans/#methodology-focus-groupsFor more on Pew Research Centers research on Asian Americans.

Home worship: 36% of Asian Americans say their home contains an altarRSVP/info: greaterlajacl@gmail.

Special guests included Ron Wakabayashi.Pictured from left: Layne Sakamoto.