Can the Japanese Community Save Little Tokyo from Gentrification?

Fugetsu-Do has been selling mochi and other Japanese sweets in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood since 1903. Like many other longtime Japanese businesses, the shop has survived the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, the displacement caused by redevelopment in the 1970s and 1980s, and the decline of downtown L.A. after the Rodney King riots.

published on November 14, 2019