whose only ‘crime was having Japanese heritage.

according to data compiled by the Little Tokyo Business Association.last week reaching visitor estimates between 6.

Photos by JUN NAGATA / Rafu ShimpoMochi-maki by Nisei Week Queen Morgan Mayuko Gee.their biggest challenge was trying to convince Little Tokyo merchants to keep their shops and restaurants open on a holiday.the community-wide event received support from 14th District Councilmember Ysabel Jurado.

5 at the Japanese American National Museum.many dressed in traditional kimono.

but the Oshogatsu crowds grew steadily

chief medical advisor for the L.The neighborhood kids and I spent most of our days there.

000 Americans of Japanese descent during World War II.‘Why are we in this prison camp? I was then too young to understand war and politics.

Houston recalled in an essay she wrote in 1992 for the Contemporary Authors Autobiographical Series.introduced many to the World War II Japanese American incarceration experience for the first time.