They have a wide variety of foods including kakigori(shaved ice).

then the chanbara (sword fighting) samurai movies.I remember that Nisei Week and Little Tokyo had to close down during the war years.

but I loved the Koyasan Boy Scout Troop playing and marching through the Little Tokyo streets.serve and distribute hot lunches to shut-in seniors.The temples and Buddhist churches are thriving again.

and also at the Keiro Sakura Gardens in Boyle Heights.Little Tokyo grew dark in 1941.

who give so much of their time volunteering for the many organizations and programs here in our Little Tokyo community.

And who could forget those scary obake ghost stories!We grew up sitting in the movie theaters and trying to copy the characters after coming out of the theater.In the 22 years that I was a special agent in the Secret Service.

she now volunteers for the Japanese American National Museum.while Kazuo was mistakenly described as a Japanese bodyguard.

The Secret Service opened a whole new world to me.it has to do with you and the kind of person you are.