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Aoi Restaurant

Owner of Aoi Hiroko Yamagata came to Southern California in December of 1968. In 1976, with the aid of her sister Grace Maruyama, and without any previous business experience, Hiroko …

community history

Part of these albums:: Little Tokyo Community Profiles Collected by: mpitelka

Gardena Valley Baptist Church (currently located at 1630 W. 158th St. in Gardena, California) was founded in 1914 by the Los Angeles Baptist Mission Society, targeting the recent immigrant population …

community history

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles

lthistory

In 1917, a teacher in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles named Nellie G. Oliver began sponsoring a social and athetlic club for local Japanese American youth. Over the …

online exhibition

Kana Takada's Collection---Japanophilia

kanatakada

All the objects that are seen here reprensent Japan, however all of these products were made by non-Japanese people. Thus these objects are misleading, which present wrong images of Japan …

lesson plan

Part of these albums:: Japanophilia Collected by: mpitelka

Descanso Gardens

nfrancis

Created in the 1930’s, Descanso Gardens is a one-hundred and sixty acre collection of gardens and woodlands in Los Angeles. The flora, albeit physically contiguous, is categorized into six main …

community history

Part of these albums:: Landscaping America: Occidental College Student Research Collected by: mpitelka

Theodore Roosevelt High School Japanese Garden

pmcenney

A photo-documentation of the Heiwa En or Garden of Peace located in Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School. Roosevelt High School is located at 4565 Mathews St. Los Angeles, CA 90033. …

online exhibition

Part of these albums:: Landscaping America: Occidental College Student Research Collected by: mpitelka

Nisei Week Activities

Spanky

Nisei Week Grand Parade and Closing Ceremonies.

community history

Little Tokyo Walking Tours

lthistory

Photographs from walking tours of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles led by the Little Tokyo Historical Society and the Los Angeles Conservancy.

other

Why use a fork? - the daily diet of a hapa Nisei Nikkei who doesn't like to be called that

vkraus

I recently had an epiphany-like moment while eating a street taco in Boyle Heights that I had an eclectic multicultural daily life. I live in a nearly all-Japanese tenant apartment …

online exhibition

video

Olivers Booklet, Part Two

lthistory

Part of these albums:: The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles Collected by: lthistory

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