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Little Tokyo is still a cultural focal point for Los Angeles's Japanese American population. [21] It is mainly a work, cultural, religious, restaurant and shopping district, because Japanese Americans today are likely to live in nearby cities such as Torrance, Gardena, and Monterey Park, as well as the Sawtelle district in the Westside of Los ...
Sawtelle Boulevard is a major thoroughfare for the Sawtelle community and West Los Angeles neighborhood. The portion of Sawtelle Boulevard from Santa Monica Boulevard to Olympic Boulevard is a trendy spot for the newer Japanese American community in Los Angeles. [2]
The villa that forms the district's centerpiece was constructed from 1911 to 1914 by artisans and craftsmen from Japan for the German-American Adolph Leopold Bernheimer (1866-1944) and Eugene Elija Bernheimer (1865-1924) [noted as brothers to Charles L. Bernheimer] to house their collection of Japanese art and valuable items. Mainly acquired in ...
Silicon Beach is the Westside region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area that is home to more than 500 technology companies, including startups.It is particularly applied to the coastal strip from Los Angeles International Airport north to the Santa Monica Mountains, [1] but the term may be applied loosely or colloquially to most anywhere in the Los Angeles Basin.
First home of the Japanese American National Museum at First and Central. The Japanese American National Museum (全米日系人博物館, Zenbei Nikkeijin Hakubutsukan) is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near ...
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced the creation of the city’s first Transportation Technology Innovation Zone – an area where private sector firms can test their transportation ...
This category includes articles related to the culture and history of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles, California. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
First published in 1982 by Japan Publicity, Inc., [1] the Rafu Telephone Guide (羅府テレフォンガイド） is an annually published bilingual business telephone directory for Los Angeles, San Diego, and Las Vegas, and was the first Japanese–English bilingual telephone directory published in California by Chieko Mori and later Toshihiko Takabatake.