Friday, May 20, 2011

Japanese American National Museum

The Japanese American Museum is the largest museum dedicated to the sharing of Japanese American culture. Their goal is to honor the nation's diversity and to promote a healthy understanding of ethnic differences.

MOCA

MOCA was founded in 1979. It is the only museum completely dedicated to contemporary art in LA. It has 5,00 works of art dating from 1940.

Koyasan Buddhist Temple

Koyasan Buddhist Temple is located in Little Tokyo. They offer classes in both Japanese and English. They will celebrate their one hundred year anniversary in 2012.

Little Tokyo Marketplace

The Little Tokyo Marketplace is a marketplace with supplies found in both and american and japanese grocery store. They have and aisle completely with Ramen. There is a premade sushi bar and produce from all over the US and Asia. There is a food court inside and even a backery where they serve mochi!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Frying Fish

The Frying fish is a seafood restaurant in Little Tokyo. They're sushi received good reviews online.

Jungle-Collector's Shop-Animation and Japanese Collectibles


The Jungle Collector's shop is a branch of a similar store opened in 1995 in Japan. The store sells preowned Japanese audio and visual media and is located in the Little Tokyo Mall in LA.

Replicated Food

Little Tokyo has many places that replicate many traditional Japanese foods, so that people in the US can experience the cultural food.