1916MARIE SEKIGUCHI / RAFU SHIMPOStorefront of the California Flower Company.

Japanese theater was alive and well in Los Angeles until the bombing of Pearl Harbor.We need to grow this area more and started Nisei Week to get more people to come down to Little Tokyo to shop and visit – to make it a gathering place for farmers to bring their families into town and meet friends at the local restaurants like Kawafuku.

it was the Issei who taught us the value of helping one another.Then we would practice Japanese dance (odori) and rehearse kabuki plays in hotel rooms on First Street.Then other businesses grew here in Little Tokyo.

other businesses would help support and patronize that store or restaurant.We were chased away from the Buddhist temples because we made too much noise while our parents were trying to pray.

and at the Little Tokyo Koban.

which performed in Los Angeles and other towns.the SBCCOG has helped facilitate more than 150 housing placements through its Client Aid program.

He applied for permanent status and was hired as an officer in 1974 following his 21st birthday.cities and the county maintain the qualities and characteristics that make them unique and independent.

I consider Gardena as my hometown for 70 years.He attained a masters degree in theology from Biola Universitys Talbot School of Theology in 2007.