Members of North Torrance ACTION Coalition gathered outside Torrance City Hall before the City Councils Oct.

Aiko wanted to continue to serve her beloved Little Tokyo.Yukio Kawaratani (92) and Toshiko Masumoto (90).

The former theater sign was placed on a tall pole outside the store and transformed into a fan-shaped sign announcing you were at Rafu Bussan.Furuya Foundation/Aikido Center of Los Angeles.always immaculately coiffed with short hair.

Born Aiko Tamamitsu in Osaka.the Community Redevelopment Agency purchased and demolished their First Street store building to make way for the construction of Japanese Village Plaza.

(MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo)Aiko Kawaratani.

Selling off most of the inventory that wasn’t going to be continued.We look forward to seeing old and new friends at the 2024 pilgrimage to Tule Lake.

share experiences and help heal the multi-generational wounds of the incarceration.31 to complete registration and payment if they wish to join the 2024 pilgrimage.

we continue to face challenges caused by the persistence of COVID.Tule Lake is unique among the 10 War Relocation Authority concentration camps.