and the resilience learned in full-contact Kyokushin Karate tournaments at the dojo atop the Little Tokyo Galleria.

Despite the house being a total loss.although with the water turned off the plants will eventually die.

John Nishio vows to restore Japanese garden.when he shared that he would miss the temples garden when he returned to California.com/f/help-the-nishio-family-after-eaton-fireRiley Smith gently dislodges the top segment of a stone pagoda next to a wall of the destroyed Nishio home.

By GWEN MURANAKAThis was our little paradise.Seen from the patio of his destroyed home.

Friends and family helped to move the stone lanterns for safekeeping while the family rebuilds their home.

Shade-River Roberts and Riley Smith.his grandfathers prized bronze tiger.

blaring an announcement that everyone in the neighborhood needed to get out immediately.As John and Susan were watching the TV news around 6:30 p.

and Manzanar and Angel Island.Army Corps of Engineers will eventually remove whats left of the home John and his wife Susan have lived in for decades.