Keeping Little Tokyo Safe: Satoru Uyeda's Volunteer Spirit

Guilberto Moran

The connection between Japanese Americans and World War II is an important one to understand for all Americans. With one piece of legislation—Executive Order 9066—thousands of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans were sent to several internment camps dotting the country. One of these was the Manzanar internment camp located in …

Uyeda Department Store

community history

gmoran

These are a collection of pictures about the Uyeda Department Store and the current owner Satoru Uyeda. His father founded the business in 1945 following the family's release from the …