JJuly 12th 2020 O.A.

Little Tokyo Salutes the LAFD

From July 1st to 3rd, Little Tokyo paid respects to the LAFD first responders by providing bento lunches.

This project started with the cooperation of Japanese Restaurant Association, Little Tokyo Public Safety Association, Mutual Trading Co, Inc., Jason Lee who is an artist and Hilo Fish mainly serving fish dishes.

As a thank you for the hard work during the May 16 fire and explosion that occurred in the warehouse area near Little Tokyo and the looting that
happened in Downtown LA, 5 restaurants helped to make bento meals.

Inside the bento is California Roll, which started in Little Tokyo, and cooked fish. 300 servings for first responders working at 3 fire stations near Little Tokyo were prepared.

This project was also started to support local restaurants, with dine-in service being banned once more.

Some in fact relooked at their business models and came up with a completely new way of providing their service to the customers.

This restaurant used to serve karaage chicken. But now, they are remodeling their place so they can offer Japanese style fried chicken sandwiches as
takeout.