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Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California
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Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
Little Tokyo
, 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. It is one of only three official
Japantowns
in the United States, all in
California
(the other two are in
San Francisco
and
San Jose
). Founded around the beginning of the 20th century, the area, sometimes called
Lil' Tokyo
,
J-Town
,
小東京
(
Shō-tōkyō
), is the cultural center for
Japanese Americans
in
Southern California
. It was declared a
National Historic Landmark District
in 1995.
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