Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

"Little Tokyo" redirects here. For other uses, see Little Tokyo (disambiguation).

Little Tokyo Historic District
The Far East Café (Chop Suey), a landmark 1896 Beaux-Arts building
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
LocationLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Coordinates34°3′2″N 118°14′22″W / 34.05056°N 118.23944°W / 34.05056; -118.23944
Built1942
ArchitectEdgar Cline, Et al.
NRHP reference No.86001479[1][2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1986
Designated NHLDJune 12, 1995[3]

Little Tokyo (Japanese: リトル・トーキョー), also known as Little Tokyo Historic District, is an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Los Angeles and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in North America.[4] It is the largest and most populous of only three official Japantowns in the United States, all of which are in California (the other two are Japantown, San Francisco, and Japantown, San Jose). Founded around the beginning of the 20th century, the area, sometimes called Lil' Tokyo, J-Town, Shō-Tōkyō (小東京), is the cultural center for Japanese Americans in Southern California. It was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1995.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Dr. James B. Gardner (1979) and revised by James H. Charleton (May 7, 1993). "National Historic Landmark Designation Nomination: Little Tokyo Historic District". National Park Service.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b "National Historic Landmarks Program: Little Tokyo Historic District". National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
  4. ^ Purdum, Todd S. (February 7, 1999). "TRAVEL ADVISORY: CORRESPONDENT'S REPORT; L.A.'s Little Tokyo Perseveres". The New York Times.