<P> In 1959, Los Angeles entered a sister city relationship with the city of Nagoya . Nagoya is Los Angeles' oldest sister city, along with Eilat, Israel . </P> <P> At its peak, Little Tokyo had approximately 30,000 Japanese Americans living in the area . Little Tokyo is still a cultural focal point for Los Angeles's Japanese American population . It is mainly a work, cultural, religious, restaurant and shopping district, because Japanese Americans today are likely to live in nearby cities such as Torrance, Gardena, and Monterey Park, as well as the Sawtelle district in the Westside of Los Angeles . However, the recent boom in downtown residential construction is changing the nature of Little Tokyo . </P> <P> What is left of the original Little Tokyo can be found in roughly five large city blocks . It is bounded on the west by Los Angeles Street, on the east by Alameda Street, on the south by 3rd Street, and on the north by First Street, but also includes a substantial portion of the block north of First and west of Alameda, location of the Japanese American National Museum, the Go For Broke Monument, and a row of historic shops which lines the north side of First Street . A timeline has been set into the concrete in front of these shops, using bronze lettering, showing the history of each of the shops from the early 20th Century until the renovation of the district in the late 1980s . More broadly, Little Tokyo is bordered by the Los Angeles River to the east, downtown Los Angeles to the west, L.A. City Hall and the Parker Center to the north, and the newly named Arts District (made up of warehouses converted into live - work lofts) to the south . </P> <P> The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center is located in Little Tokyo, as well as the Japanese American National Museum . The extension of the Museum of Contemporary Art, formerly called the Temporary Contemporary and now known as the Geffen Contemporary (named after David Geffen), is also in Little Tokyo . East West Players, one of the nation's first Asian American theater companies, specializing in live theater written and performed by Asian American artists, is located in Little Tokyo, performing in the David Henry Hwang Theater . There is also the Aratani / Japan America Theater, which features plays and musical performances . Visual Communications, an Asian Pacific American media arts organization, has its offices in Little Tokyo, and each May, annually presents VC FilmFest (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival), in several venues around Little Tokyo . Additionally, the visual arts are represented by the 30 - year - old arts non-profit, LAArtcore which devotes itself to creating awareness of the visual arts through 24 exhibitions each year along with educational programming . </P>

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