Publications

**All proceeds go to Little Tokyo Historical Society**

Los Angeles's Little Tokyo - $25 DONATION

The Historical Society's book documenting the rich history of Los Angeles's Little Tokyo is available for purchase.  You can pick up your copy today from the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Bunka-do, Kinokuniya Los Angeles, or Amazon.com.

In 1884, a Japanese sailor named Hamanosuke Shigeta made his way to the eastern section of downtown Los Angeles and opened Little Tokyo's first business, an American-style cafe. By the early 20th century, this neighborhood on the banks of the Los Angeles River had developed into a vibrant community serving the burgeoning Japanese American population of Southern California. When Japanese Americans were forcibly removed to internment camps in 1942 following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' entrance into World War II, Little Tokyo was rechristened "Bronzeville" as a newly established African American enclave popular for its jazz clubs and churches. Despite the War Relocation Authority's opposition to re-establishing Little Tokyo following the war, Japanese Americans gradually restored the strong ties evident today in 21st-century Little Tokyo--a multicultural, multigenerational community that is the largest Nihonmachi (Japantown) in the United States.

J. Marion Wright: Los Angeles' Patient Crusader 1890-1970 - $20 donation

The decades-long advocacy by J. Marion Wright, Los Angeles attorney, for equal rights for the Japanese community. His persistence and ability to work effectively with the community led to significant change and eventually the repeal of the Alien Land Law in 1952. Written by his daughter Janice Marion Wright LaMoree.

A great companion to “A Rebel’s Outcry, Biography of Issei Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii 1882-1954”

DOKA B 100 - $5 donation

Written by the 2014  1ST place Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest winner, Dr. Ernest Nagamatsu. Illustrated by Mike Saijo with graphic design by Ryan Kenji Furuya. This book features 100 Illustrations published by Little Tokyo Historical Society.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ernest Nagamatsu lives in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.   In addition to his dental practice, he writes from time to time for Historic Racing Magazines. Ernie has written the first cookbook on the food and cuisine of the Kingdom of Bhutan- “Foods of the Kingdom of Bhutan” and the book was for Charity and for the Bhutan Foundation in Bhutan.

Lil Tokyo Reporter, a Short Film Based on the Life of Sei Fujii - $30 donation

Lil Tokyo Reporter is a 30-minute narrative short set in 1930's Los Angeles and was developed Summer 2009 and completed in Fall 2012. The project was supported by donations from the Asian American community, grants, and volunteered talent. The film was inspired by the True Story of Civil Rights Leader Sei Fujii, a man who protected the livelihood of the Japanese American people from 1903-1954. Thus far the film team received JACL's Pacific Citizen Award for Extraordinary APAs in the Entertainment Field and $38,000 in grants (California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, UCLA's Aratani & Terasaki Foundations, and Union Bank). The film is also a production of Visual Communications and the Little Tokyo Historical Society. The film has won over 16 awards in film festivals across the United States.