a lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.

(PETER YOON/Rafu Shimpo)A representative of Japanese Village Plaza cited fire risk as the primary reason for the removal.Ikeda continued to collect donations for the Wishing Tree.

which occurs every year on the seventh day of the seventh month.Ive been doing this for over 12 years.she chose to contribute the donations to Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple.

(PETER YOON/Rafu Shimpo)Ikeda hopes to continue sharing Japanese culture and activities with Little Tokyo visitors.received the notification to remove the wishes from the tree via an email from American Commercial Equities Management Offices.

to be donated to the relief efforts in Fukushima.

they could just go to a big shopping mall.the Issei and Nisei who were at the Keiro facilities.

The last donation was made in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary and to express **kansha** (gratitude) to their customers and friends.the proprietor of Rafu Bussan.

where many Kibei-Nisei and Nisei lived.Remodeling was done in July 1978; Skip and Aiko ran the two locations until they could move everything into the new location.