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  2. Little Tokyo, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of U.S. cities with large Japanese-American populations

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    The list includes Issei (一世, "first generation") Japanese-born immigrants from Japan, and those who are multigenerational Japanese Americans.Cities considered to have significant Japanese American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1.0% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 2.0% of the total ...

  4. List of city nicknames in California - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles. Entertainment Capital of the World; L.A. El Lay [60] The Angels (literal Spanish translation) Angeltown [61] The Big Orange [9] City of Angels [9] [62] – based partially on the literal translation of the city's original historical full name from the Spanish language-- "The City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels". City of ...

  5. List of fictional towns in animation - Wikipedia

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    Japanese: さくらニュータウン Sakura Nyū Taun. The hometown of Nate. The location of the town is inconsistent: located in somewhere in the Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō, or Shikoku regions in original Japanese media; and in either Georgia or the New England area in English localizations. Springfield, USA The Simpsons: FOX

  6. Greenfield (Minecraft) - Wikipedia

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    According to Planet Minecraft statistics, Greenfield is the third-most downloaded Minecraft map of all time. [6] Greenfield is designed to resemble the West Coast of the United States, heavily inspired by Los Angeles, [2] and is built to a one-to-one scale, with each block's size being one cubic meter. [7]

  7. Yamashiro Historic District - Wikipedia

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    However, by uncovering the elegantly carved wood and silk wallpaper, he reconsidered and aimed to restore the Yamashiro to its original state. [5] From there, he and his son, Thomas Y. Glover, began the evolution of the Yamashiro Restaurant, utilizing the leftover rooms in the estate to occupy up to 500 guests.

  8. List of cities in Los Angeles County, California - Wikipedia

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    "Cities within the County of Los Angeles" (PDF). Chief Executive Office - Los Angeles County "Census 2010: Table 3A — Total Population by Race (Hispanic exclusive) and Hispanic or Latino: 2010". California Department of Finance. Archived from the original (Excel) on November 24, 2011

  9. History of the Japanese in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    By 1941, there were about 36,000 ethnic Japanese people in Los Angeles County. [3] Not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which authorized military commanders to exclude "any or all persons" from certain areas in the name of national defense, the Western Defense Command began ordering Japanese Americans living on the West Coast to present ...