• en
My early J-Town memories

vkm
Licensing

Yagura

At the end of JVP (or at the beginning if you're walking through from First Street) is the yagura, or fire tower.

I'm pretty sure it's purely decorative, but it is very iconic.

Based on this original

Japanese Village Plaza Fire Tower in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo
uploaded by vkm
This is the decorative yagura, or fire tower, in the Japanese Village Plaza (JVP) of Los Angeles' Little Tokyo district. It's located at the First Street entrance to the Village … More »


Login or register
to contribute to the Nikkei Album

Welcome to the NEW Nikkei Album!

We've launched Nikkei Album in beta, so everyone can now start uploading and creating their own albums. There may be things that don't work quite right yet. Please email us to report any errors.

Browse the Nikkei Album

Get updates

Sign up for email updates

Journal feed
Events feed
Comments feed

Support this project

Discover Nikkei

Discover Nikkei is a place to connect with others and share the Nikkei experience. To continue to sustain and grow this project, we need your help!

Ways to help >>

A project of the Japanese American National Museum


The Nippon Foundation