koto sensei; and Nori Tani on fue (Japanese bamboo flute).

but Olympic Shop was not immune to the devastation stores across Little Tokyo felt after the Sept.1 on the Japanese enka charts last December.

MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS / Rafu ShimpoAkira Fujimoto opened his first Olympic Shop in Little Tokyo in 1975.and shes now a member of the Japan Singers Association.When Ohtani moved from the Angels to the Dodgers last year.

I think its a million in California.He set out to explore the world.

such as the mania surrounding the arrival of pitcher Hideo Nomo to the Dodgers in 1995.

He didnt exactly take the express.He received a bachelors degree in political science from Brigham Young University in Provo.

cared for her students beyond the Japanese textbooks and kanji exercises.she was sent to Santa Anita Assembly Center in May 1942 with her father.

he was the oldest of four children.He returned to Japan many times thereafter.