And this is all part of the Little Tokyo where I grew up.

The T-shirts act as a conversation piece and is our way to have an option where it is a little bit more accessible across stylingHe served two years in Europe with the all-Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

intertwined in a graceful knot.even when he journeyed thousands of miles away from it.By JONATHAN VAN HARMELENSpecial to The RafuIf you go to Weller Court near Second Street.

the Friends of Little Tokyo Arts commissioned Shinkichi to create a sculpture for the redevelopment of the area.While in high school he became an apprentice to sculptor Donal Hord.

Shinkichis knot not only represents the desire to bridge gaps within society.

Even as he lived thousands of miles away.Photo by Mike MuraseSome of the UCLA MSW students who worked as LTSC interns with Bill Watanabe and Yasuko Sakamoto over the years.

for their decades of leadership in strengthening ethnic neighborhoods and training generations of social workers who would carry on a legacy of service.who call themselves Billterns.

Yasuko has also been a speaker in Japan and in the U.whose goal was to provide linguistically and culturally sensitive social services to the Little Tokyo community and the broader Japanese American community in Southern California.