Little Tokyo

burkhartdesu · (#1 (**permalink**))

Has anyone been to Little Tokyo in California? It has a higher concentration of Japanese just in the small area than the whole US combined.

I went there a few years ago (before I went to Japan) and although I'm not sure how similar to Tokyo it is, it is pretty interesting

Are there any other "Little Tokyo" or "Little Japan" in the US, or any other country?

survivingonrice · (#2 (**permalink**))

not little tokyo, but on saturday im going to japantown in san fransisco..have u been there?

burkhartdesu · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by survivingonrice

not little tokyo, but on saturday im going to japantown in san fransisco..have u been there?

No I haven't, but considering it's San Fransisco (rather than L.A. like Little Tokyo) I bet it's pretty awesome.

I've only been to San Fran once and it was during an 8 hour lay-over ironically on the way home from Japan... it was uh... colorful, to say the least.

Let me know what it's like!

alexlovesrock · (#4 (**permalink**))

went to china town here in chicago but they dont have tokyotown... they do have a japanese shopping mall though, which is awesome

WARE WARE NO NIHON NO MONO WA DOKO DESUKAAA

Polar · (#5 (**permalink**))

I went to it in LA when I was covering E3 in '06

Rather enjoyed it.

We don't really have the same thing up in Canada, it's all Chinatowns

StangGuy · (#6 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by survivingonrice

not little tokyo, but on saturday im going to japantown in san fransisco..have u been there?

I visited San Francisco and Nihon-machi in December of '07. Needless to say I was dissapointed. Food was authentic but the area didn't have any of the feeling of Japan. And unlike chinatown it didn't feel like a distinct area of San Francisco it seemed to just blur into the neighboring areas.

Ryuk999 · (#7 (**permalink**))

yeh ive been to Little Tokyo in cali
its where i got my shoes before going to japan haha XD
it reminded me so much of tokyo w/ all the japanese stores lol they were so compacted

survivingonrice · (#8 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by StangGuy

I visited San Francisco and Nihon-machi in December of '07. Needless to say I was dissapointed. Food was authentic but the area didn't have any of the feeling of Japan. And unlike chinatown it didn't feel like a distinct area of San Francisco it seemed to just blur into the neighboring areas.

awww don't say that....but were there any stores that u suggest i visit?

YukisUke · (#9 (**permalink**))

Here in New York, they have a Chinatown, a Koreatown, and a Little Italy. I think they have a Japantown. Maybe.

kenmei · (#10 (**permalink**))

been there a few times, nothing to fancy...the inside mall is not bad, restaurants are decent but nothing special. there are a few outside shops around, but it's only a few blocks from what i can remember.