From Little Tokyo to Crenshaw | Lost LA | Season 5, Episode 5 | KCET

[@mittking1846]

We had our family business on Crenshaw a few blocks away "American Fashion Wigs/Beauty Shop" back in the late 60-early 70's. I remember the Japanese cafe inside the Holiday Bowl - Udon and Tonkatsu were soooo good! Our dentist was in Crenshaw Square - Dr. Mijishima. I remember the friendly interaction between members of the community, We all got along back then - NOT LIKE IT IS NOW!

[@kidmohair8151]

then, make it like that again, but better...one person can start a wave

[@stevefuji1548]

My family moved to the Crenshaw area upon returning to Los Angeles after the war and most of my relatives lived there when I was born in 1955. It was an amazing place to grow up.

[@kevmaciel2164]

Love the history of our city, been in Crenshaw and Jefferson since 93’

[@evetteyancey1247]

Loved it! I spent many days at Holiday Bowl, since I lived around the corner on Norton Ave. I had many friends who danced at the Neisei Week festival, and I always looked forward to it every August.

[@rodneykitamura6430]

I remember Paul’s Kichen. Scrumptious Almond Chicken! Cha Chu & rice at Holliday Bowl. Tai Ping Chinese restaurant in Crenshaw Square.

[@tomstarros3189]

my father gave his farm in whittier ca. back to a japanese family who showed up after the release and told him it used to be there farm..my dad came from kalamata greece as a young boy...he was a good dad'....thank you for this show;;

[@maddogg63]

Don't forget about The Atomic Cafe in Little Tokyo and Hong Kong Cafe in Chinatown.

[@kplante7881]

Another great episode…. Thanks for sharing!

[@hond4h34d]

Another Season in the books! Thanks for another great season, Nathan.

[@losakatombros9355]

Stuff behind the music we work on. Thanks to Nobuko Miyamoto and Nick Nagatani! This is the story behind the music that we make as people who grew up in Crenshaw and similar communities (Japanese Americans and Black people have a similar history in other cities in the U.S. - San Francisco, Richmond, Chicago, Cleveland, Seattle, etc.). Many people left Crenshaw but not LosAKAtombros.

[@jeffsilverman6104]

I remember school field trips to Little Tokyo almost sixty years ago. A great time to be a kid growing up in L.A. / Valley.

[@VisitingwithMr.V]

Wow, Nathan. I just love this show. Always so inspiring.

[@MangoDaVille]

Nice review ~ good interview Nick! Kiki

[@mnmaddict37532]

This JA lived on W. Jefferson Blvd from 1968 to 1975. I went to Coliseum Elementary and Daiichi Gakuen on Saturdays.. I recognize Principal Nikaido's name on Joy Simmons' diploma.

[@90745al]

Hugh McBeth's family and his son were also also members of the 49ers YMCA club.

[@sanpedroez3367]

Gardena also had a thriving Japanese American community. The community is still sizeable but aging and shrinking.

[@hond4h34d]

The younger Japanese American community has migrated towards south Orange County (Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach).

[@sanpedroez3367]

@@hond4h34d also a thriving young scene in the Sawtelle area of West L.A

[@lajoycestewart7528]

Crenshaw FIRST then migrated to South Bay Koby Drugstore JEFFERSON and 11th Avenue Had many friends that moved to Orange County ( where you could stop and pick oranges on the side of the road)

[@1ACORNLAWN]

I lived in Victoria park in the 50 s ..gardena

[@rodneykitamura6430]

Had many meals as a kid at Far East restaurant on E 1st street. Cantonese style. Owner was really nice! His son too.

[@chewybunz]

Now rebranded as "Far Bar", but the classic neon sign remains.

[@rodneykitamura6430]

👍 I remember the sign,I’ll drive by and the memories will come back. ✌️

[@4RMULA_arch]

fascinating and absolutely beautiful stories weaved into a tragic episode of american history...thank you for sharing this!

[@pkturtle7]

So very interesting!

[@georgethomas2004]

I was in a bowling league there. It was a wonderful place. The Japanese people were wonderful. I felt safe and welcomed.

[@aishawoods2152]

Grace pastry is owned by a French pastry chef his business name is sweet temptation he is aware winning and was featured in the La times but he will not up grade the sign he doesn't want any unwanted attention to his business it servers to airlines and private businesses but the other businesses ask for in the same complex asked him many times to at lease clean it up so the corner wont look bad or abandoned but he's not he's said for years now that he would but he's full of hot air when it comes to making his part of the building look good it's a shame

[@RogerSanGabriel]

My mother went to Dorsey High.

[@georgethomas2004]

And the lamb shanks in the diner

[@troysierra5228]

So moving... Like in most other sections of LA: Boyle Heights, Jewish and Latino Silver Lake, LGBTQ+ and Latino Gardena, Black and Japanese

[@taddytass4318]

I'd also add Hollywood in 70s/80s, growing up then the schools we a cornucopias melting pot. thing about the list of school friends I had at that time. Armenia, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Black, White, Jew, Mexican, Guatemalan, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, ect.

[@EternalRuler28]

JeffersonPark got alot of history people don't know. 💚💛💚💛

[@eddielobos1092]

So sad how L.A. has become now. Homeless, crime, drug dispensaries, over crowded neighborhoods,trash everywhere.

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Some of the people that are interviewed in these things are not as well-versed in history and psychology as they think they are.

[@misacruzader]

Thank you for calling the Japanese internment what it truly was-- a mass incarceration along race lines.

[@chainsawteddybear]

without rice? BWAHAHAHA comedy ?

[@erikapple8955]

KCET going hard in the oppression Olympics! Sooooo woke

[@leonorlizardo5867]

Thank you for such a rich program about Asian and Blacks living in the same geographical space. I worked in South LA for over 30 years and used to go to Starbucks and never know the significant of this place. I was fortunate to collaborate and work with Nobuko.

[@benh.9189]

I was a teenager during the 80's going to LA High School. "The Avenues" even gave birth to the first all Japanese American hip-hop crew that evolved into the first JA graffiti crew. They were "Alive in 85."

[@rodneykitamura6430]

Tremendous documentary! Really enjoy watching.

[@daboyup2nogood]

I'm just wondering where were all the other Asian communities during this time. As a Korean American, I find it disturbing that the other Asian communities did not come to their aid. We need to get over the historical hostilities and join our forces together.

[@yujishinohara1uponatime]

yep Mom always said you have to be twice as good as anyone else here in LA

[@lauriewarner4848]

My blond husband’s ,s mother died when he was 9. His mother’s best friend was Japanese. She took over in helping raise the 4 children of her best friend. He has many Japanese traditions now in our family. I find those traditions wonderful in our now grown family. I worked DTLA as a designer for 35 years. Little Tokyo has always been my favorite part of LA . I need to visit it more often than I do.

[@kamenriderla4314]

I was born and raised on. 27th and Adams. I went to 6th Ave elementary, and Dorsey High School. Thank you so much for teaching me about the place I call home.

[@tonil.476]

Thank you for this history.

[@johnram-ld8rj]

great show!!

[@swatidoesthings]

Love this show

[@1203yoyoful]

This saddens me, I would like to also see an episode talk about the Mexican Repatriation in 1930.

[@williamokuda8882]

Interesting story. I had no idea