{"id":7,"date":"2021-03-07T03:24:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T03:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelanguagemap.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2021-11-21T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T19:27:25","slug":"japanese-in-los-angeles-county-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelanguagemap.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/07\/japanese-in-los-angeles-county-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese in Los Angeles County, California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When newcomers first arrive in Los Angeles, the itinerary typically includes, the Santa Monica Pier, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Downtown. A prominent district in DTLA is Little Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any tour of Japanese LA should really include at least three neighborhoods: Little Tokyo in DTLA, Sawtelle in Santa Monica, and the South Bay (specifically Torrance and Gardena).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 51,723 Japanese speakers in Los Angeles County (2014 ACS 5YR Estimates)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br><strong>Libraries Collections<\/strong><br>Only individual library branches with more than 500 unique Japanese titles in their collection are shown below. For a&nbsp;more complete list of libraries with Japanese collections, see here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Little Tokyo Branch<\/a><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><\/em><br>203 S. Los Angeles Street<br>Los Angeles, CA 90012<br>(213) 612-0525<br><em><strong>Titles in Japanese: 13,339<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Central Library<\/a><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><\/em><br>630 W. 5th Street<br>Los Angeles, CA 90071<br>(213) 228-7000<br><em><strong>Titles in Japanese: 7,682<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Gardena Mayme Dear Library<\/a><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">County of Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><\/em><br>1731 W. Gardena Blvd.<br>Gardena, CA 90247<br>(310) 323-6363<br><strong><em>Titles in Japanese:\u00a02,636<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Rosemead Library<\/a><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">County of Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><\/em><br>8800 Valley Blvd.<br>Rosemead, CA 91770<br>(626) 573-5220<br><strong><em>Titles in Japanese:\u00a01,304<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Montebello Library<\/a><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">County of Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><\/em><br>1550 W. Beverly Blvd<br>Montebello, CA 90640<br>(323) 722-6551<br><strong><em>Titles in Japanese:\u00a0503<\/em><\/strong><br>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br><strong>Periodicals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Based in Los Angeles<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Rafu Shimpo<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Japanese-American bilingual newspaper founded in Los Angeles in 1903. Physical copies available for purchase in Japanese markets throughout Los Angeles. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">here<\/a>&nbsp;for list.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Lighthouse<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Lifestyle Magazine in Japanese. Light on text and heavy on advertisements, but it is free. Has tips for living in Los Angeles. Copies available at major Japanese markets. See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">here<\/a>&nbsp;for list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Based in Japan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Yomiuri Shimbun<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Conservative\/Right Daily<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Asahi Shimbun<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Liberal\/Left Daily<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Nihon Keizai Shimbun<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Conservative\/Business Daily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Language Schools<br>**Finding a Tutor<br>**Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Shopping<br>Mitsuwa<br>Marukai<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Universities<br>**UCLA &#8211; In General<br>**UCLA &#8211; Monroe<br>**USC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Religion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; There are two locations in Los Angeles County with services in Japanese. You can find the locations by clicking&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">here<\/a>, clicking on the button labelled &#8220;\u6700\u5bc4\u308a\u306e\u4f1a\u5834\u3092\u63a2\u3059&#8221; [Find Nearest Meetinghouse] and plugging in your address and the target language of Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Seventh-day Adventists<\/em>&nbsp;&#8211; There are three SDA Japanese churches in Los Angeles. The first two have Japanese websites, and links to recordings of the sermons in Japanese as well. No Japanese on the third website, but the pastor&#8217;s name matches one of the rotating pastors at the other two churches, so I assume you&#8217;ll be able to hear some Japanese if you go to one of their sermons.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Central Japanese-American Community Church<\/a><br>2113 East Villa Street<br>Pasadena, CA 91107<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">Gardena Japanese American Seventh-day Adventist Church<\/a><br>16115 South Denker Ave<br>Gardena, CA 90247-3919<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5343282211704280048\/7071515754439586246#\">West Los Angeles Japanese Seventh-day Adventist Church<\/a><br>1527 Purdue Ave<br>West Los Angeles, CA 90025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**SDA<br>**LDS<br>**Catholics<br>http:\/\/www.zenshuji.org\/japaneseclass.html &#8211; Buddhist temple with Japanese classes (no fee)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Language Societies<br>**Japan Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Online Resources<br>**LAPL.ORG<br>**Rosetta Stone<br>**Pimsleur<br>**Meetup<br>**Duolingo<br>**Mango<br>**Newspapers<br>**Videos<br>**MLA.org<br>**EnclaveLA<br>**maps.latimes.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Facebook<br>**italki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When newcomers first arrive in Los Angeles, the itinerary typically includes, the Santa Monica Pier, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Downtown. A prominent district in DTLA is Little Tokyo. 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