Little Tokyo
Quoted at the end in this Forbes story about Little Tokyo. Stuff's happening, and some like it and some don't. It's all perfect timing the happening of Imprint which brought an extra 200+ people who would probably rarely hit Little Tokyo. I'm sure some vendors and shop owners actually get annoyed when big groups come through. We were once in Little Tokyo and took off after a couple of years. The changes that were promised then, might be just happening now. We're talking 10 years later... There's to be a new train stop, and more, so it's still a work in progress. Will it attract more Japanese and Japanese Americans, probably not. Will more Japanese Americans or Japanese open businesses here. Maybe a little. But should we expect it to completely be different from what was once there. Most definitely - and that has to be embraced. "They" could all go elsewhere.
Forbes.
Forbes.
Labels: random musings
posted by gr @ PERMLINK: 9:06 PM
2 Comments:
Another interesting article on Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, thanks for the link. I just don't see third or fourth generation Japanese-American hipsters relocating to Little Tokyo anytime soon - or ever. I can't even imagine the cool kids from real Tokyo stopping by to say "hello" on their tour of the places they most want to visit in LA. Even more assimilation seems inevitable - whether that's sad or not is subjective.
can you post a pic of the GR little tokyo when you get a chance?
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