Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
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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]
Little Tokyo Historic District | |
 The Far East Café (Chop Suey), a landmark 1896 Beaux-Arts building | |
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| Location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 34°3′2″N 118°14′22″W |
| Built | 1942 |
| Architect | Edgar Cline, Et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001479[1][2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 22, 1986 |
| Designated NHLD | June 12, 1995[3] |