Photos by MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS / Rafu Shimpo JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs speaks to the large gathering in the museums Democracy Plaza on Aug.

— Michael OkamuraDear Mamoru and the Mitsuru Grill Family.We remember the times with our mothers.

Thank you to everyone — here and in heaven — who has come through our doors over these past 49 years.Many of us would order our regular.Arigatou to the Mitsuru Grill family for providing a community space for us over all these years.

Mamoru and Dora made Mitsuru a welcoming place and never minded our laughter and crowding around one of the booths in the back.and your teams! Please continue to support Little Tokyo businesses.

Ive spent countless hours at Mitsuru.

Hanamure also recalled how Little Tokyo evolved.Football the Theft of Freedom.

Former NFL star Scott Fujita and his father take part in discussing a documentary about incarceration.I was able to sit down with this teammate and have a conversation about it.

Rodney Fujita recalls stories from his parents about their time in the relocation center.000 others who were confined by the U.