Koraku and Oomasa are my favorites. There is also two Korean BBQ places that are really good one is in Weller Court on the third floor and the other is in the Little Tokyo Mall also on the third floor called Manna Korean BBQ. For dessert I love Somi Somi, Honey Me, and Japanese Village Ice Cream.
You should do melrose ave, beverly grove, Fairfax, westwood, Brentwood, NoHo arts district, Hollywood, sunset blvd, Santa Monica, Venice, ktown, china town, Pasadena, Glendale, echo park, silver lake next!
Little you know about Little Tokyo used to be full surprises from 1910's - 1940's. Some japanese men who was drummers play outside music on the streets during a festival. There was one bath house until it was demolished nobody know where it was located? Little Tokyo had many shops and businessess even some hotels and Inns that used to be in operational. It's currently shrinking slowly but steadily. There has to be something new and old mixed in order to revived this amazing place!
Very surprised you didn’t mention suehiro cafe, the ramen for 11.75 and bowl of rice with gyozas for just 4 more bucks is so good even the karaage chicken. The place also has pretty nice atmosphere
Hey Steve, thanks for this Little Tokyo walking tour. I've been there several times and I've been wanting to try some food. Now, I know where to go for lunch. Definitely, I'll be going to that noodle place, Lord permitting.
Fantastic video! I will have to try more of these places. Cafe Dulcé also has wonderful Blueberry Matcha! And also in Little Tokyo, Japangeles has very cool clothing, and Daiso has great socks and reusable bags!
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Interesting I grew up in LA and never ate in this area there are so many places to eat and there’s always my favorites hard to go away from that but thanks for the many options you provided in this video.
Weller Court is the most familiar part of Little Tokyo for me since me and my friends went there for several Escape Room games! It was also the first place I tried the curry bread from Curry House (RIP) and Orochon Ramen which is infamous for having the spiciest ramen in LA... I just tried the standard "Hot" level and even that was intense! Really gotta check out more of LT for sure!
Thanks for the great tour! I have a trip booked to Europe in December but worry we still will not be allowed there (from USA) so I am considering flying to downtown LA instead and Little Tokyo is on my must do list. Your video was very informative!
I don't remember seeing a Little Tokyo when I was in NYC a few years ago. I remembered a big Chinatown and a Koreatown, but no Japan town :( At least NYC has some good sushi restaurants :)
You didn't show Jungle the anime store in the plaza or Kinokuniya in Weller Court. Those are the main attractions besides the restaurants lol also there is a fun karaoke place in the mall. 👍
Great episode Steve 👍Little Tokyo is my favorite place for good eats. Because of the pandemic I haven't been back to much but as I live only 5 miles away it's a great place and easy to get to. Don't know of any bad places to eat or visit in Little Tokyo only some better than others 👊
Thanks so much for making this! I was supposed to go to Anime Expo last year but couldn't because of the you-know-what. I was really bummed out cuz I REALLY wanted to go to Little Tokyo, but watching your video made me feel like I was there! So thank you! Can't wait to go there in person when this is all over.
Next to torigoya is an amazing sushi restaurant named Mako sushi. I don’t know if Mako still works there still since he was in his 70s last time I was there but it was probably one of the best sushi experiences I have ever had in California.
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I would absolutely keep watching your channel even if you wear a mask. It's stressful watching you walk around Little Tokyo and enter establishments without a mask on :(
❤ Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara. 1947 Japanese Americans released from camps sent to Chicago and return to Little Tokyo to find Bronzville Black community. 100/442 Japanese American Soliders “Go for broke” and Hammer Japanese American Zoot Sumter from Chicago. Great read of Los Angeles 1940. Enjoy 😢😢😢
Not that I know of, but I suppose you can google search it. Hope that helps. Please continue to follow my channel to see other great food videos this year!
😀 Thanks. Hope you return there soon! Btw, if this is something you would like to try to win, here is the link. Good luck: th-cam.com/video/ZrZfY3tkV6Q/w-d-xo.html
@@angelblackburn4756 Likewise. Btw, if this is something you would like to participate in to try to win, here is the link: th-cam.com/video/ZrZfY3tkV6Q/w-d-xo.html
Most things are open. They have outdoor seating for most restaurants. Hope that helps. Please continue to follow my channel to see other great spots in LA!
Are you kidding me???? A walking tour of Little Tokyo and you didn’t go into OOMASA????? The one restaurant that has the coolest interior? Shame. Shaaaaaaaaaaame! And wipe yo face! No way you didn’t feel that crusty chocolate on der! 😂 Thanks for the tour though! 🤙🏼👌🏼
You can find them in many restaurants in Little Tokyo. It just depends on whether you want it to be very sushi oriented or a mixture of casual Japanese foods. Try Sushi and Teri, Oomasa, and TOT to start. Hope that helps! Please continue to follow my channel to see other great food videos this year!
It's not as packed as before, but this is how it usually looks on Monday. Hope that helps! Please continue to follow my channel to see other great food videos this year!
Be very careful around Little Tokyo. Don't go south of 3rd Street. Night time is no time to be around there. "Skid Row" is just a block away. And the LAPD station around 3rd Street is a complete joke.
eek wow so many wrong facts & information in here - if you were going to do a tour about LT, would have been a better move to bring in someone from the neighborhood/community who actually knows things!
Just came upon this video. I have an interview with activist Bill Watanabe, who helped develop Little Tokyo through the 1980s and 1990s. He said he'd be glad to give tours when covid is over!
What are your favorite restaurants in Little Tokyo LA?
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Daikokuya restaurant
Rockstar Eater, we should hangout and checkout different food face to face
Koraku and Oomasa are my favorites. There is also two Korean BBQ places that are really good one is in Weller Court on the third floor and the other is in the Little Tokyo Mall also on the third floor called Manna Korean BBQ. For dessert I love Somi Somi, Honey Me, and Japanese Village Ice Cream.
Cha, your Japanese right?
Because the Japanese word is tea for cha.
Great video! I enjoyed that one, I didn't realize how much Little Tokyo had changed. : )
Glad you enjoyed!
Lil Tokyo is across the street from me...and I'm watching this. LOL!
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Thank you for the tour I’m going real soon for the first time!
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You should do melrose ave, beverly grove, Fairfax, westwood, Brentwood, NoHo arts district, Hollywood, sunset blvd, Santa Monica, Venice, ktown, china town, Pasadena, Glendale, echo park, silver lake next!
Good suggestions. Thanks.
13:46 - looks great. i am glad you have a good experience!
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Love your recommendations. Thnk u
Little you know about Little Tokyo used to be full surprises from 1910's - 1940's. Some japanese men who was drummers play outside music on the streets during a festival. There was one bath house until it was demolished nobody know where it was located? Little Tokyo had many shops and businessess even some hotels and Inns that used to be in operational. It's currently shrinking slowly but steadily. There has to be something new and old mixed in order to revived this amazing place!
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Very surprised you didn’t mention suehiro cafe, the ramen for 11.75 and bowl of rice with gyozas for just 4 more bucks is so good even the karaage chicken. The place also has pretty nice atmosphere
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Oomasa is a good restaurant too, Unagi Don is my favorite dish!
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I used to go to that mall back in the 90s there was a arcade there.
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Hey Steve, thanks for this Little Tokyo walking tour. I've been there several times and I've been wanting to try some food. Now, I know where to go for lunch. Definitely, I'll be going to that noodle place, Lord permitting.
Let me know how you like it!
Fantastic video! I will have to try more of these places.
Cafe Dulcé also has wonderful Blueberry Matcha!
And also in Little Tokyo, Japangeles has very cool clothing, and Daiso has great socks and reusable bags!
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Are most shops and restaurants open? I read that LA is was in lockdown but restaurants are going to allow dining :)
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Thanks. More to come!
Interesting I grew up in LA and never ate in this area there are so many places to eat and there’s always my favorites hard to go away from that but thanks for the many options you provided in this video.
You're welcome. Hope you like it!
Weller Court is the most familiar part of Little Tokyo for me since me and my friends went there for several Escape Room games! It was also the first place I tried the curry bread from Curry House (RIP) and Orochon Ramen which is infamous for having the spiciest ramen in LA... I just tried the standard "Hot" level and even that was intense!
Really gotta check out more of LT for sure!
Watching this vid to get acquainted with Little Tokyo! I will be going for anime expo 2022. Also already subscribed !
i’m going here for my birthday , this video makes me so excited to go !
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Thanks for the great tour! I have a trip booked to Europe in December but worry we still will not be allowed there (from USA) so I am considering flying to downtown LA instead and Little Tokyo is on my must do list. Your video was very informative!
Thanks. Let me know what sights you end up visiting in DTLA.
I WISH WE HAD A LITTLE TOKYO IN NYC!!! You prob get this a lot but you remind me of mike chen!! I LOVE HIS VIDEOS
I don't remember seeing a Little Tokyo when I was in NYC a few years ago. I remembered a big Chinatown and a Koreatown, but no Japan town :(
At least NYC has some good sushi restaurants :)
Hama Sushi is my #1 sushi pick for ALL of Los Angeles! Awesome place to eat!
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I love the Shabu Shabu House even though the line is super long!
Totally agree. Sushi Gen is just as long.
You didn't show Jungle the anime store in the plaza or Kinokuniya in Weller Court. Those are the main attractions besides the restaurants lol also there is a fun karaoke place in the mall. 👍
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So nice to see the sights. I haven't been there since 2012, but I remember the bakery treats and fresh ramen fondly!
Cool stuff!
Great episode Steve 👍Little Tokyo is my favorite place for good eats. Because of the pandemic I haven't been back to much but as I live only 5 miles away it's a great place and easy to get to. Don't know of any bad places to eat or visit in Little Tokyo only some better than others 👊
Thanks
Thanks for that, I'm gunna check out Tanota Takoyaki today!
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Awesome! I have always wanted to head to LA, looks like a cool place to check out. Love Japanese food as well so thx for the suggestions!
Thanks!
Thanks so much for making this! I was supposed to go to Anime Expo last year but couldn't because of the you-know-what. I was really bummed out cuz I REALLY wanted to go to Little Tokyo, but watching your video made me feel like I was there! So thank you! Can't wait to go there in person when this is all over.
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Do you have any sponsor from the restaurants you mentioned in your videos?
Next to torigoya is an amazing sushi restaurant named Mako sushi. I don’t know if Mako still works there still since he was in his 70s last time I was there but it was probably one of the best sushi experiences I have ever had in California.
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I would absolutely keep watching your channel even if you wear a mask. It's stressful watching you walk around Little Tokyo and enter establishments without a mask on :(
I wear the mask in between takes. :)
Relax
❤ Evergreen by Naomi Hirahara. 1947 Japanese Americans released from camps sent to Chicago and return to Little Tokyo to find Bronzville Black community. 100/442 Japanese American Soliders “Go for broke” and Hammer Japanese American Zoot Sumter from Chicago. Great read of Los Angeles 1940. Enjoy 😢😢😢
There's a really good place on the top floor of Weller court called "Korean BBQ house"
Yum
Awesome video! I can’t wait to go there. Is there a Japanese music store there or any kind of music store?
Not that I know of, but I suppose you can google search it. Hope that helps.
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Yayyy!! I love LT, I miss it so much. :(
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Most of the businesses are now Korean owned. The Sawtelle area of West Los Angeles has more Japanese owned businesses.
Great video! Love your personality!
Thinking about going to Little Tokyo next week. Is anything open? Or should I wait?
Yes, it's almost all open. You should be good to go.
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Little Tokyo!
What about hanaichimonme on the 3rd floor? That's such a great ramen spot. Try their spicy chonpon.
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Hey I'm the guy you met at the restaurant in Korea town
Hi Angel. Remind me, which restaurant in Koreatown was that again?
Hwang Yang BBQ
@@angelblackburn4756 Yes, now I remember. Good to hear from you again!
@@RockstarEater Nice to meet you
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U HAVE CHOCOLATE ON UR MOUTH!!!
If I go this weekend will most things be closed?, and thank you for the amazing video it www huge help😁🙏🏽
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Rockstar Eater thank you for replying, and of course I will, I love seeing videos like yours🤘🏽🤘🏽
Keep it going bro ,you doing good.?.🙌🇸🇻
Yeah thanks
You must be Salvadoran
I went today it was awsome!
What was your favorite food there?
Rockstar Eater I went to a Korean bbq and ate spicy pork and beef it was SO GOOD!
🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
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why was everything closed? is it only opened on weekends? I want to go on a thursday
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NOOOOOOOOOOOPE!!! Never heard of it at Tokyo. 😂😂😂😂
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Are you kidding me???? A walking tour of Little Tokyo and you didn’t go into OOMASA????? The one restaurant that has the coolest interior? Shame. Shaaaaaaaaaaame! And wipe yo face! No way you didn’t feel that crusty chocolate on der! 😂 Thanks for the tour though! 🤙🏼👌🏼
hes really with the shit if yk what i mean
Where can I get myself a bento I really want one
You can find them in many restaurants in Little Tokyo. It just depends on whether you want it to be very sushi oriented or a mixture of casual Japanese foods. Try Sushi and Teri, Oomasa, and TOT to start. Hope that helps!
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Have you been to the Indonesian restaurant? If so, how was it?
That Indonesian restaurant Kasih closed recently. But it was actually pretty good when I had it a few years back.
@@RockstarEater I though it was just closed for renovation? Is it gone for good?
Is little tokyo usually dead like that now or is it because its a monday
It's not as packed as before, but this is how it usually looks on Monday. Hope that helps!
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I guess you didn’t dash today 😊
Not today 😀
Be very careful around Little Tokyo. Don't go south of 3rd Street. Night time is no time to be around there. "Skid Row" is just a block away. And the LAPD station around 3rd Street is a complete joke.
Gotta watch out for Skid ROw!
Little Tokyo looks so abandoned, due to the shelter in place orders.
Chinatown is even worse.
@@RockstarEater K Town then must look like King Tuts Tomb sheeh!
Sad, but I heard they recently opened a new athletic center to draw more people to the area.
Owo
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17:12 wipe yo mouth you have a lil bit of poop on ur cheek
Wheres the gf
How are you just going to do the rest of the video with chocolate chocolate donut crust all over your face…??? 😂😂😂
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eek wow so many wrong facts & information in here - if you were going to do a tour about LT, would have been a better move to bring in someone from the neighborhood/community who actually knows things!
Just came upon this video. I have an interview with activist Bill Watanabe, who helped develop Little Tokyo through the 1980s and 1990s. He said he'd be glad to give tours when covid is over!
6 ads for an 18 min. video? Nah, I’ll pass.
just use an adblocker.