Cruising J-Town is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

rice bowls and chopsticks to Japanese Americans in Orange County and the South Bay.In preparation for relocation.

Skip Kawaratani passed away in 2014 at age 88 and Aiko in 2023 at age 95.The outpouring of concern and care from the community and our Little Tokyo organizations has been so heartwarm-ing and truly appreciated.Kiyoshi Skip Kawaratani and his wife Aiko left Japan.

YAMAMOTORAFU SHIMPOThe front window of Rafu Bussan.and remodeling was completed in 1978.

saw a small hole in the glass.

delivering items such as rice.The event also marked the official unveiling of the newly renovated facility.

a full-time project two years in the making.So I remember he said he was the only one that didnt burn any papers.

He recounted key moments — the completion of the school building in 1929; the traumatic experience in March 1942 when local Japanese Americans were gathered at JIS before being transported by bus to Manzanar incarceration camp; the schools postwar reopening; and the official recognition of the area as Sawtelle Japantown by the City of Los Angeles in 2015.He also honored the determination of Japanese Americans who continued their education even in camps like Manzanar and stated.