Little Tokyo
 

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?

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

You talking about Japantown or another place?

little tokyo is awesome.i try to go at least once a month.i'm going there this weekend if it doesn't rain.places to eat,japanese book stores,even stores where you can buy school uniforms.:ywave:

Where at? :)

i was there yesterday.2-21-09.the store in question?out of bizz.i couldn't believe it!it was one of my fave stores of all time.kamikaze amine was the place...books,anime,toys,school uniforms,cds,tee shirts,even a small(yuuck)porn section for the pervs.all gone now....anime jungle is still there.if that goes we're in trouble.:mad: :mad:

Closest thing we have to anything Japanese is a resturant in the next city, about 10mins train ride away :)

I've been to Japantown in San Fransisco, and the Japanese part of Town in San Jose.


Both very interesting, but the one in San Fran has changed.
I was there just last weekend on my birthday, and well, It's not...as japanese-focused as I feel it used to be, if that makes sense.

No Japantown in Toronto where I closely live by. This is why most of the Japanese elements in this area is sustained by Chinatown and Koreatown.

But it is interesting to see that the Little Tokyo in LA, California is really a Little Tokyo-Seoul. Now that Korean investors revitalized this particular Little Tokyo in America.

I wish that they had some Japanese restaurants in my neighborhood.

Japantown in SF

OH. Dammit!

Here's a video of a good buddy of mine in Little Tokyo. He encounters one of the typical weirdos that reside there. Just watch =PPP


YouTube - #61 Ken Tanaka Meets a Japanese Dominatrix in Little Tokyo

I picked up my first kimono in Japantown (SF) a long time ago, and the last Chinese New Year I got to celebrate in LA, ended up with a migration to Little Tokyo.

Its something you won't find in Dallas. Not because the businesses are here, but because they aren't gather into one area. The Japanese businesses and restaurants are scattered all over the area. There are several Asian shopping areas in town, but they are mixed - Japanese, Korean, Chinese and SE Asian.
Only the Koreans have centralized in one prime area (and a second one has begun and is growing fast).

Its an interesting dynamic to me. The Japanese-American community here is very blended into the general population, but they have also managed to preserve far more of their unique culture than such assimilation usually does. They are a strong and unified community, despite geographic dispersion everywhere except the central part of our K-town.

I wish they had that much diversity in my neighborhood. You're lucky.

wanna Go there!!!