Comments on: The TJX Crew Invade J-Town http://otakunopodcast.com/2010/07/27/the-tjx-crew-invade-j-town/ News, reviews, and commentary on all things Anime and Manga Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:23:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle "Ms. Geek" Klein-Hass http://otakunopodcast.com/2010/07/27/the-tjx-crew-invade-j-town/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Michelle "Ms. Geek" Klein-Hass Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:07:08 +0000 http://otakunopodcast.com/?p=917#comment-762 <p>Actually there is more than one "J-Town" in the greater Los Angeles area. There is the aforementioned Little Tokyo, our most venerable "J-Town." There is also the Sawtelle District in West Los Angeles, which is beginning to be called Little Osaka; and the Torrance/Gardena area of the South Bay, which rose to prominence AFTER the internment era was over and Japanese-American families resettled in the LA area. The latter is notable for the fact that there it is an actual RESIDENTIAL area for the Japanese-American community, and therefore you get more of an authentic flavor there than any of the other "J-Towns" here. It's like the San Gabriel Valley and Chinese settlement: there are few Chinese families left in Downtown LA's Chinatown, but there has been a huge influx of Chinese, Taiwanese, HK and Sino-American families in places like Alhambra and San Gabriel and Monterey Park.</p> <p>One of these days I'm going to have to take my video camera to all three of these places and talk about them, Huell Howser stylee. If only I had better transpo than LA's public transit system: getting to the South Bay is hell on public transit from my Valley base of operations.</p> Actually there is more than one “J-Town” in the greater Los Angeles area. There is the aforementioned Little Tokyo, our most venerable “J-Town.” There is also the Sawtelle District in West Los Angeles, which is beginning to be called Little Osaka; and the Torrance/Gardena area of the South Bay, which rose to prominence AFTER the internment era was over and Japanese-American families resettled in the LA area. The latter is notable for the fact that there it is an actual RESIDENTIAL area for the Japanese-American community, and therefore you get more of an authentic flavor there than any of the other “J-Towns” here. It’s like the San Gabriel Valley and Chinese settlement: there are few Chinese families left in Downtown LA’s Chinatown, but there has been a huge influx of Chinese, Taiwanese, HK and Sino-American families in places like Alhambra and San Gabriel and Monterey Park.

One of these days I’m going to have to take my video camera to all three of these places and talk about them, Huell Howser stylee. If only I had better transpo than LA’s public transit system: getting to the South Bay is hell on public transit from my Valley base of operations.

]]> By: Dj City http://otakunopodcast.com/2010/07/27/the-tjx-crew-invade-j-town/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Dj City Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:21:29 +0000 http://otakunopodcast.com/?p=917#comment-760 <p>this was something we didn't plan on doing it just happen. nest week we may do one more video on you tube. cover japanese soda;s like cc lemon and others.</p> this was something we didn’t plan on doing it just happen. nest week we may do one more video on you tube. cover japanese soda;s like cc lemon and others.

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