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	Explore Little Tokyo in Los Angeles and discover the history of Japanese Americans in the U.S.
		The Little Tokyo District—officially 67 acres designated the Little Tokyo Redevelopment Project by the City of Los Angeles—has been the economic, cultural, educational and religious center for Southern California's Japanese American Community since the first immigrants began arriving in the late 1800s.
		The first Buddhist Temple built in Los Angeles the Nishi Hongwanji (sometimes spelled Hongwangi) mixed architectural elements of a temple in Kyoto, Japan with Middle Eastern influences and served as a house of worship, social hall and rental office space before being abandoned and falling into disrepair.
		Born in Los Angeles in 1923, Tajiri was sent to the Poston concentration camp in the Arizona desert in 1942.
	www.inetours.com /Los_Angeles/Pages/Little_Tokyo.html (1435 words)

	Little Tokyo Historic District--Featured in the National Register's Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month Feature - 2006
		The growth of Little Tokyo was further augmented by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, which caused many “Nikkei” (persons of Japanese heritage) to relocate to Los Angeles.
		Little Tokyo continued to grow and thrive into the 1920s and 1930s and many of the historic buildings in the area were either built or updated during this time.
		Little Tokyo still draws people from around the world for culture, entertainment, and shopping, and serves as a historic reminder of the Japanese immigrant experience in Los Angeles.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nR/feature/asia/2006/tok.htm (315 words)

	UMMSP - Activating the Past Kurahashi Text
		As is the case for many public spaces serving an immigrant community the Temple and Little Tokyo generally served many purposes for the community.
		Little Tokyo was the vibrant center of community life with residences, businesses, restaurants, photographers, artists, florists, dry goods, hardware, bakeries, hotels, other temples and churches.
		Little Tokyo served an African American community and was known as Bronzeville during the War.
	www.umich.edu /~ummsp/events/hsc_kurahashi.htm (1600 words)

	Historical Background, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
		Little Tokyo, officially comprising 67 acres designated by the City of Los Angeles as the Little Tokyo Redevelopment Project, serves as an international center for tourists while maintaining the intimate character of a small town with places to shop, to eat and most importantly, to live.
		Little Tokyo's shrinking population was reduced further in the early 1950s when construction of the police administration building (Parker Center) destroyed housing for nearly 1000 people and one-fourth of the district's commercial frontage.
		The first public art was installed at the New Otani Hotel in 1977 to fulfill a provision in the Plan for the Little Tokyo Redevelopment Project requiring developers to commit a half percent of the cost of new projects for landscaping or public art.
	www.publicartinla.com /Downtown/Little_Tokyo/little_tokyo.html (1103 words)

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	Little Armenia, Los Angeles, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Little Armenia is a community that is part of the East Hollywood neighborhood, of the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.
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	Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Little Tokyo is an ethnic Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles, one of three official Japantowns left in the United States.
		Downtown Los Angeles from Little Tokyo, with Cathedral of St. Vibiana in foreground.
		The area is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Tokyo,_Los_Angeles,_California (1722 words)

	Los Angeles Downtown Guide
		Little Tokyo is the cultural and social hub for Southern California’s Japanese American community.
		In addition to the 15 structures that make up the Little Tokyo Historic District, established in 1886, there is the more recent Japanese Village Plaza.
		Dominated by a traditional Japanese lookout tower and delicate Japanese-style landscaping, this commercial walkway is a soothing change from the clamor of the city.
	www.ladowntownguide.com /shopping/la-shopping-littletokyo.htm (157 words)

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	Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
		Little Tokyo, the Japanese enclave in Los Angeles, with its numerous new buildings is a clear indication of a thoroughly prosperous ethnic group.
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		The Little Tokyo Business Association arranges tours to the main places of interest.
	www.planetware.com /los-angeles/little-tokyo-us-ca-lttk.htm (177 words)

	Los Angeles, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Reading bulletins in Japanese language in "Little Tokyo" when residents of Japanese ancestry were instructed to evacuate.
		Sign in window in "Little Tokyo" after residents of Japanese ancestry were instructed to evacuate.
		A store for rent in "Little Tokyo" after residents of Japanese ancestry were instructed to evacuate.
	www.bookmice.net /darkchilde/japan/los.html (324 words)

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		This was all part of a traditional celebration of the lunar new year called Mame Maki, or "the throwing of the beans." After the demonstration, Uekuma Sensei and the other Roosters (2005 is a year of the Rooster) got up and threw beans and candy into a crowd eagerly waiting with wide upen bags.
		Amongst the guests were Yamamori-Sensei and the Los Angels Branch, Kuramoto-Sensei and the Hollywood Branch, Uekuma-Sensei (branch master) and Miyata-Sensei and the South Bay Branch, members of the up-coming Irvine Branch, Kawamata-Sensei and the San Diego Branch, and Hagata-Sensei of the Mt. Diablo Branch (which he claims is located near San Francisco).
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		The Miyako Hotel Los Angeles is located in heart of Little Tokyo.
		Only two blocks east of Los Angeles City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles and a five-minute walk from the Civic Center.
		Rich with tradition, the Miyako Hotel Los Angeles offers a parallel of service and a host amenities that include an...
	www.holidaycityusa.com /los-angeles-tokyo/index.html (216 words)

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		During the 1890s Los Angeles total population doubled from 50,000 to 102,000 people due in part to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad which opened the West to the rest of the United States.Many of Los Angeles' first Japanese immigrants worked for the railroad cleaning boxcars and maintaining the tracks.
		The name 'Little Tokyo' was coined in 1903 by the Japanese language newspaper Rafu Shimpo which remains a major influence within the city's Japanese community today.Little Tokyo flourished until World II, when it was devastated by the forced evacuation of Japanese-Americans from the Pacific Coast.
		Following the war and the end of the evacuation, some worried that Little Tokyo would never regain its prosperity.
	www.travelgrande.com /los-angeles-travel-guide/little-tokyo-info.htm (267 words)

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		The Consul General's reception is presented by the Japan America Society, the Japan Business Association of Southern California, the Orange County Japanese American Association, and the Orange County Office of Protocol.
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	Public Art Works in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
		Little Tokyo is the area of Downtown Los Angeles bordered by 3rd Street on the south side, Alameda St. and Central Ave on the east side, 1st Street on the north, and Los Angeles St. on the west.
		Many of the works in Little Tokyo have been sponsored by the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and Friends of Little Tokyo Arts (FOLTA).
		Images on ceramic mural depicting the history of Little Tokyo and the experience of the Issei.
	www.publicartinla.com /Downtown/Little_Tokyo (453 words)

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		Located in the industrial district adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles, the Little Tokyo loft project converts a circa 1930 Westinghouse Elevator Manufacturing facility for use as 161 units of rental loft housing.
		Constructed of poured in place concrete, with overscaled mushroom capitol columns and large industrial steel windows, the project captures the character of raw space associated with industrial lofts.
		Construction capitalizes on the scale of the project, but provides a rich variety of unit layouts, from 2-story duplexes to 700 square foot studios with views ranging across the downtown skyline to the San Gabriel Mountains.
	www.m2a-architects.com /portfolio/multifamily/littletokyo.html (188 words)

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	Linls
		at First and Front Streets in San Francisco, California, directing removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from the first section in San Francisco to be affected by the evacuation.
		Children in families of Japanese ancestry were evacuated with their parents and will be housed for the duration in War Relocation Authority centers where facilities will be provided for them to continue their education.
		Dave Tatsuno rereads notes he compiled while he was a student at the University of California where he was graduated in 1936.
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