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

I tried to savor my tamago toji udon.Our Little Tokyo traditions and legacy businesses have shaped my life.

Toyo Miyatake was famous for bravely smuggling a camera lens into Manzanar during WWII and taking photos in secret.When I asked him how Little Tokyo has changed over those years.We must do whatever we can to make sure that we do not lose more of them.

many legacy businesses remain open.Mariko Lochridge challenges Little Tokyo Explorers to compare archive phtographs to the real-life First Street.

We need to celebrate the [legacy businesses] that we have left like the Toyo Miyatake Studio.

I remain hopeful that we as a community will keep fighting against the negative effects of gentrification and ensuring that we continue to pass down our traditions and legacy businesses.From the early 1900s until the outbreak of World War II.

primarily Japanese immigrants and their U.homes and livelihoods taken away and villagers sent to concentration camps.

By April the village was gone.A monument dedicated to the fishing village at Terminal Island.