and it is so important to me that we preserve them so that future generations can say the same.

Through the Lens of Little Tokyo.have become anchors of our community.

watching the lively Nisei Week Parade.These six businesses alone have a combined history of over 300 years.Looking at the pictures of First Street and then looking right out the window to the exact same spot gave us such a direct comparison of then and now.

that corner is home to Chase Bank.The simplest way people can help out small businesses in Little Tokyo right now is to pay a visit! says Maki.

I learned that these storefronts have been replaced several times over the decades.

I gained a huge new appreciation for the resilience of our legacy businesses.at the Nakaoka Community Center

most of you have never visited a nursing home.but we must first learn to treat our older adults with dignity.

so they have an established yet unreliable star rating system for the care rendered in these facilities.Instead of hospital administrators establishing discharge standards.