In 1976, the year the restaurant Kouraku opened on East 2nd Street in Little Tokyo, Gerald Ford was president. Nadia Comaneci scored seven perfect 10s at the Montreal Olympic Games and Patty Hearst was sentenced to prison for bank robbery. Social media and online food ordering were decades away.
Read MoreThe youngsters still came to see their feline elder, Mr. Sherman. Liz Ito, a Los Angeles artist, was just 11 when she first met the American tabby who reached the grand age of 23 this month.
Read More7th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest now under way! Awards Ceremony on Thursday, July 23 at 6:00 p.m.
Read MoreLTHS is pleased to support the 2020 Installation of Officers & Awards Luncheon. Congratulations to all the awardees!
Read MoreLTHS had a very successful 2020 Shinnenkai New Year’s Luncheon at Senor Fish in downtown. Even a freak thunderstorm couldn’t dampen our spirits!
Read MoreMark your calendars for Sat., April 4! LTHS is an Honorary Community Supporter for the “Made in J-Town” dance benefit in celebration of the grand opening of the Terasaki Budokan.
Read MoreIf you want to learn about Little Tokyo's past, present and future, you are welcome to attend the meeting on Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.
Read MoreThe Little Tokyo Historical Society’s Imagine Little Tokyo short story contest has been extended two weeks to Feb. 15, 12 midnight PST.
Read MoreThe organizers of the seventh annual Imagine Little Tokyo short story contest are inviting all individuals to submit fiction short stories, with a deadline of midnight Jan. 31 (PST).
Read MoreThe Little Tokyo Historical Society on Jan. 4 unveiled a new City of Los Angeles sign marking the former location of the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights.
Read MoreBefore Pearl Harbor and the nationalist hysteria that led to the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II, there was a thriving community of Japanese immigrants in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood.
Read MoreOne of the special things about L.A. is you can travel the world without ever getting on a plane. Little Ethiopia on Monday, Koreatown on Tuesday, Little Armenia on Wednesday, Olvera Street on Thursday, Thai Town on Friday ... and Little Tokyo on Saturday.
Read MoreOn Nov. 1, the L.A. City Council voted unanimously to include the Japanese Hospital building on the Historic-Cultural Monument designation listing.
Read MoreThe Sakai-Kozawa family owned and operated their longtime floral business, Tokio Florist, from 1960 to 2006. In November 2019, Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) designation of the property was approved by the City Council.
Read MoreHugh Macbeth Jr, who died Sept. 14, 2019 at the age of 100, was an extraordinary figure, both in who he was and in what he represented. On a personal level, he was a distinguished lawyer and judge — a prime member of a generation of African Americans who achieved mainstream success, despite the formidable obstacles in their path.
Read MoreCelebration of Bronzeville’s Finale Cub: October 11, 2020
Read MoreCongratulations to our 2019 Short Story Content winners!
Read MorePhotos from the 2019 Shinnenkai Luncheon.
Read MoreJCCSC Installation and Awards Luncheon.
Read MoreThe Eastside's Japanese American community was greatly affected by national patterns and events in the early twentieth century.
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