MEET LITTLE TOKYO: Tetsu Shiota Owner of Anime Jungle and Ficklewish

You’ve likely wandered through the underground of the Little Tokyo mall and seen the mini anime empire growing store by store over the years. Tetsu Shiota, the owner behind Anime Jungle and Ficklewish carefully researches and does surveys with customers and visitors before opening each shop and it’s paid off. With over 1,000 visitors daily to this Japanese pop culture destination, Tetsu dreams of his own Japanese pop culture focused shopping mall in the heart of downtown Los Angeles attracting hobbyists from around Los Angeles and southern California to Little Tokyo.

published on December 10, 2019