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6 unusual facts about Little Tokyo


Cedar Grove OnStage

In September 2008, Cedar Grove OnStage worked in association with East West Players to produce the world premiere of Dan Kwong's Be Like Water, directed by Tashima, presented at the David Henry Hwang Theater at the Union Center for the Arts, in downtown Los Angeles' Little Tokyo.

John F. Aiso

In the Little Tokyo community of Los Angeles, a one block segment of San Pedro Street between Temple Boulevard and 1st Street has been renamed Judge John F. Aiso Street in his honor.

June Duprez

When she was finally released from Korda's contract she appeared in such low budget fare as They Raid by Night (1942), Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942), and Tiger Fangs (1943).

Shabu-shabu

Together with sukiyaki, shabu-shabu is a common dish in tourist hot-spots, especially in Tokyo, but also in local Japanese neighborhoods (colloquially called "Little Tokyos") in countries such as the United States and Canada.

Shuichi Thomas Kurai

Raised in a Soto temple in Japan, he moved to California with his parents in 1952, where his father (Reverened Shuyu Kurai) served as priest at the Zenshuji Soto Mission in Little Tokyo.

Tim Toyama

Toyama teamed up with Aaron Woolfolk to write the play Bronzeville, about Los Angeles's Little Tokyo during World War II when African Americans became the primary residents there after Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps.


Cathedral of Saint Vibiana

The Little Tokyo branch of the Los Angeles Public Library is also located on the site.

National Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court

It is maintained by and located adjacent to the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center on San Pedro Street, in Little Tokyo.


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City Sushi

While this occurs, Lu Kim is further infuriated that everyone in South Park is lumping Chinese and Japanese together; such as the town naming its Chinatown "Little Tokyo".