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.
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 the largest and most populous of only three official Japantowns in the United States, all of which are in California. Founded around the beginning of the 20th century, the area is the cultural center for Japanese Americans in Southern California. It was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1995.
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Worth seeing in and around Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Crypto.com Arena
Crypto.com Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in downtown Los Angeles. Opened on October 17, 1999, as Staples Center, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center along Figueroa Street, and has since been considered a part of L.A. Live.
2.7 km · multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California, United States · Wikipedia - 02U.S. Bank Tower
U.S. Bank Tower, known locally as the Library Tower and formerly as the First Interstate Bank World Center, is a 1,018-foot skyscraper located in the Financial District of downtown Los Angeles, California. Construction of the tower began in 1987 with completion in 1989.
1.4 km · skyscraper in Los Angeles, United States · Wikipedia - 03Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, California, is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It was opened on October 23, 2003.
1.1 km · concert hall in Los Angeles, California, U.S. · Wikipedia - 04Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work preserves and advances the heritage of English-language popular music. In addition to celebrating renowned songwriters, the organization supports the development of new songwriting talent through workshops, showcases, and scholarships.
2.4 km · hall of fame for songwriters · Wikipedia - 05Dodger Stadium
Dodger Stadium is a ballpark in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
2.6 km · Baseball park in Los Angeles, US · Wikipedia - 06Los Angeles City Hall
Los Angeles City Hall, completed in 1928, is the center of the government of the city of Los Angeles, California, and houses the mayor's office and the meeting chambers and offices of the Los Angeles City Council. It is located in the Civic Center district of downtown Los Angeles in the city block bounded by Main, Temple, First, and Spring streets, which was the heart of the city's central business district during the 1880s and 1890s.
500 m · 1928 building housing the government of the city of Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia - 07Aon Center
Aon Center is a 62-story, 858 ft Modernist office skyscraper at 707 Wilshire Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, California. Site excavation started in late 1970, and the tower was completed in 1973.
1.6 km · skyscraper in Los Angeles, California, USA · Wikipedia - 08Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum which has two locations in Los Angeles. The main museum is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
1.1 km · art museum in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia - 09Wilshire Grand Center
Wilshire Grand Center is a 1,100-foot skyscraper in the financial district of downtown Los Angeles, California, occupying the entire city block between Wilshire Boulevard and 7th, Figueroa, and Francisco streets. Completed in 2017, it is the tallest building in the United States west of Chicago.
1.9 km · 335-meter (1,099 ft) skyscraper in Los Angeles · Wikipedia - 10Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, informally known as the COLA or the Los Angeles Cathedral, is the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. It serves as the mother church for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, as well as the seat of Archbishop José Horacio Gómez.
1 km · Catholic cathedral in Los Angeles, California · Wikipedia
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Getting to Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
- Airports
- Los Angeles (LAX), 20 km · Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope (BUR), 20 km · Long Beach (LGB), 27 km
- Stations
- Los Angeles Union Station, 700 m · Pershing Square, 1.2 km · Westlake/MacArthur Park, 3.4 km · Civic Center/Grand Park station, 800 m
- Santa Ana → Little Tokyo, Los Angeles3646 km · quickest by air, 13h 30m · $810–1,220
- Ontario → Little Tokyo, Los Angeles54 km · quickest by road, 1h 6m · $5–7
- San Bernardino → Little Tokyo, Los Angeles88 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · $8–11
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAir taxi and air charter companies including Los Angeles Private Jets can access private aircraft at any of L.A.'s private aviation airports, as well as planes in your area for flights to Los Angeles.
- Get inIf you're thinking of using Metrolink to day trip on the weekend, you'll want to get the $10 weekend day pass, which is good for unlimited travel on Metrolink (and connecting transit) on either Saturday or Sunday.
- Get inLong Beach also has party boats for large groups such as the Majorca and Ibizza by OnBoat, https://onboat.co/product/long-beach-yacht-charter-115-feet-party-yacht-majorca/ San Pedro has a cruise ship terminal that all of the major cruise ship lines (except Carnival) sail from.
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