Greeted by an angry mob and escorted by federal marshals

15 tearing down the wishes of hundreds of Little Tokyo visitors.The Wishing Tree was inspired by the Tanabata celebration in Japan.

Naoko Ikeda displays one of the wishes from the Tanabata wishing tree.visitors to Japanese Village Plaza have hung their wishes on a bamboo tree.Why would they come to Little Tokyo?The wishes that were removed from the tree in Japanese Village Plaza were collected by Ikeda and delivered to Higashi Honganji.

Theyre looking for a taste of Japan.Donations of $1 were collected for each wish that was tied to the tree.

I wish for a happy future and for my family [to] continue to be happy and healthy.

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It was weird to be at a gathering and you dont know what the family members are saying.It was in San Francisco that he met his future wife.