California Association of Japanese Language Schools and other community groups.

it’s not the Arts District …It was heartbreaking for us to have to move because we all gave so much to this community.My entire childhood was spent on this corner at my family’s restaurant.

was forced to move in 1969 to the outskirts of J-Town.being evicted for the sheer sake of money.also sold by Keiro to Pacifica.

then worked in Little Tokyo for over 35 years.and now what I see in 2023 is so small.

Looking at a map of Little Tokyo from decades past.

He said a similar request will be made to Continuum Partners.like Rafu Bussan (which has been open since 1958) and Bunkado (which has been around since 1946).

We need to think twice before we patronize big-box chains and see the bigger picture in one of our last Japantowns in the U.I quickly learned that my childhood was not the only one impacted by this 100-year-old studio.

We often had to ask: Where did this family business go? When did they shut down? Whats there now?One example was a photograph of the corner of First Street and San Pedro.My family and I then went to eat dinner at Suehiro Café.