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Vivinavi Los Angeles
I am looking for a place where my grandfather, grandmother, and father used to live.

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#1
  • シゲ furton
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  • 2024/12/09 21:14

It was a long time ago, around 1930, I was running a flower shop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Three years later, for some reason or other, they returned to Japan, but when the three of them were still alive, ( I found information and books of the flower shop in my childhood ) and the address.
It was a pre-war address, "332 E. first street, Los Angeles Calif.
However, since it is an old address, I can only find "maybe here ?". Because when I did a GOOGLE search, it was in front of the Sakura Hotel.
The address of the flower shop was "under Ohayo Hotel" from there.
I am having a hard time finding out where the Ohayo Hotel was located and if it was possibly the predecessor of the Sakura Hotel.
I am planning to visit Los Angeles in the near future to see my grandmother's roots, which were Japanese-American. ( I'm not sure if it's inside Skid Row, but )

Perhaps there is a 90+ year old person who has lived in Little Tokyo since childhood, and if memory serves, there may be a chance.
If anyone has any information, please let us know.
By the way, the name of the flower shop my grandfather owned at that time was Tei ( MIKADO )
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#30

住所から現在の都ホテルのある場所ですね。ホテルが立つ前に何が有ったか思い出せないなあ。やはり2-3階建てのビルだったともいます。半地下になっていて札幌ラーメンが入っていたと思うのですが。オハヨーホテルと言うのはOhio Hotel の事です。あの辺りには小さなホテルが沢山有り、日本から来た人たちが住む場所が決まるまで泊まっていたりそこから仕事を探したりにぎやかだったようですよ。ちなみに向かい側に帝ホテルが有りそこから花屋さんの名前を取ったのかな?

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#31
  • 通りすがり
  • 2024/12/31 (Tue) 19:24
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Is it near the giant mural of Otani ? You should ask a Japanese TV company if they can make it into a documentary ?.

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  • mahalo414@yahoo.com
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  • 2025/02/09 (Sun) 08:02
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Ben Pease has drawn a map of old Little Tokyo. It may be useful. https://rafu.com/2022/09/zoom-event-mapping-lost-little-tokyo-east/

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  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2025/02/11 (Tue) 10:35
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The map doesn't seem to show a florist store.

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#35

I think it was 6th street ? I don't remember exactly, but
if there are elders at the flower market, you could ask them ?
since the downtown florist has been stocking here for ages.

Old photos of Japanese-Americans and other items are held by Visual ・ Communications.

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Vivinavi Los Angeles
Text message from Japan

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  • mimimimi
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  • 2025/01/29 14:53

Does anyone know how to receive text messages from Japan on an American cell phone ? Yahoo Japan requires registration of a cell phone number. I don't know how to do this since I don't have a Japanese cell phone number.

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  • 見栄晴
  • 2025/02/02 (Sun) 12:50
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> Where is your address for the contract ? payment and so on ? is your address in the US ?

everything is in Japan.

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  • もっともだ
  • 2025/02/03 (Mon) 10:13
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Then who checks and pays the bills ??

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  • ボケた高齢者
  • 2025/02/04 (Tue) 15:34
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I believe they do not currently issue paper statements.

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#19
  • 見栄晴
  • 2025/02/04 (Tue) 17:39
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> Then who checks and pays the bills ?

I can do everything on my phone and PC, but payment is by direct debit.
More importantly, I only use it for SMS verification, so it's always within the basic fee.

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#21

Yahoo Japan is not the only one. Banks now require a Japanese cell phone number to receive passcodes by text message when registering for sites and accounts with 2-step verification
Even if you have a Japanese cell phone, you cannot receive texts abroad
So the question, "How to receive text messages from Japan on your US cell phone" is not available now
On the other hand, there is a way to receive text messages from the US on your Japanese cell phone. So, there is no way to receive text messages from Japan on your US phone On the other hand, there is a way to receive text messages from the US on your Japanese phone.

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Vivinavi Hawaii
I want to bring a rabbit from Japan.

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#1
  • Mi
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  • 2025/02/07 23:03

I am planning to move to Hawaii. I would like to take my rabbit with me to Hawaii, but when I search, I find information on dogs and cats, but not rabbits. I would like to know if anyone has any information on what preparations I need to make and where I can ask for help.
Thanks in advance.

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#2
  • C
  • 2025/02/08 (Sat) 11:25
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Veterinary clinics know more about it.

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#4
  • 趣味人808
  • 2025/02/08 (Sat) 14:29
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You can find it here :
https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/ai/ldc/importing-livestock/other-species/#:~:text=Rabbits%3A,prior%20to%20arrival%20 in%20Hawaii.

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#5
  • Sean0914
  • 2025/02/08 (Sat) 21:19
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I brought him from Japan a long time ago.
Because I was an expatriate, I could not check with the airline in advance because I had booked the flight through my company, so I asked the following company to help me.

I had to take him to quarantine at the airport 3 days before boarding the plane,
he was quarantined the day before and boarded the next day.
During that time, we were taken to a veterinary clinic affiliated with the quarantine service during the night, which was also arranged for us.
Since we were leaving from Haneda Airport,
three days before the flight, we left our pet at the relocation center → and returned to our house → where we were taken care of until before boarding on the day of the flight.

↓ ↓
https://pet-relocation.burden1.info/information/detail.php?id=292&cat=11

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Vivinavi Los Angeles
Please advise.

Work / Career
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  • kazz
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  • 2025/02/02 19:12

Nice to meet you
I am an auto mechanic specializing in American cars in Japan for 26 years.
I would like to work as an auto mechanic in the U.S. in the near future.
I cannot give up my childhood dream.
However, I am having a hard time finding a visa sponsor.
If anyone is familiar with the auto maintenance industry in the US, I would appreciate any advice you could give me.
If anyone knows how to find a job and the process of getting a visa, I would appreciate it if you could share the information.

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  • 特に
  • 2025/02/04 (Tue) 13:26
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The problem is that we specialize in American cars ~.
Usually, visas are granted to people who have skills that American people don't have.
It is hard to believe that foreigners know more about American cars than Americans.
Sponsors might be willing to sponsor a store with many Japanese customers if they really need a mechanic who can speak Japanese. I don't think so.

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  • xrp
  • 2025/02/05 (Wed) 23:27
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Topic
Good evening, I live in US.
Are you applying for a Green Card ?
or are you married to a US Citizen and have them sponsor you for a Green Card
?
Not many companies issue Working Visa
so you could find a green card
sponsor while living in the US with a green card from expatriate, J1Visa.
There are people living in US in various patterns.
You could try contacting a temp agency ?.

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#19
  • kazz
  • 2025/02/06 (Thu) 16:24
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Dear rxp and everyone
thank you for your replies.
I have applied for DV2026.
I will do some research.

In a manner of speaking, I am a mechanic, but I work in Japan ( specializing in difficult problems that dealers and other stores have been unable to solve, mainly new model vehicles ) mostly computer and electrical .
We are working in the same environment as the dealers in the home country, from the acquisition of information to the facilities, by contracting with a US manufacturer GM FORD CHRYSLER USNISSAN USTOYOTA.
If your skills are recognized, you may be able to work somewhat. Of course, I can do all mechanical repairs.
I run an automotive engineering company, so management relations are good, and I contact the US daily to gather information and import cars and parts.
My English is at an everyday conversational level and I am training with a dedicated teacher.

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  • xrp
  • 2025/02/06 (Thu) 21:03
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Topix

Also, you may want to call or Email Japanese car companies directly
.
There are many Japanese people in Hawaii, so there is a demand for people who can speak both Japanese and English.
There are always Japanese men at Japanese car companies.

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#22
  • kazz
  • 2025/02/06 (Thu) 22:17
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Dear xrp

Thank you for your kind advice.
I will research Japanese companies and Hawaii as well.
Thank you very much.

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Vivinavi Hawaii
W2

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#1
  • Tax
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  • 2025/02/01 11:07

I am a student and I was working part time but the owner came from Japan on an investment visa and is running a business.
The owner is a bit peculiar, and when a new employee comes in, he immediately quits. He hired a J visa employee from Japan even though it was a small store, and I naturally faded out without being told anything, and eventually resigned on my own.
I went into tax season and asked for my W2Form for 2024, they said they had already sent it to my e-mail, but I never received it.
I asked them to send it again, but no contact at all, and no reply to my message.
I looked it up and they said to contact the IRS or there is a Toll Free number where I can contact them and if I don't receive it by the end of February, my employer will have to pay a penalty.

If you have any information or know anything about this
please let me know thank you 🙇‍ ♀ ️
last resort will be to call the IRS or the number that was listed.

I'm sick of investors from Japan who can't be responsible to the end 😂
I even want to name the store !

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Vivinavi Los Angeles
Democrats ( Biden ) Four Years in Power ?

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  • アメリカの進路?
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  • 2025/01/21 11:04

California and New York in particular are in terminal condition ?
Inflation, public safety, and homelessness are eye-watering,
and now we see what a political anomaly they have become.

Now, what course will they take ?
L.A. wildfire problems, now that Gov. ? ? ? ?

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  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2025/02/04 (Tue) 15:38
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Broadway in downtown Los Angeles has somehow become a Mexican neighborhood.

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#45
  • 0ではないと❓
  • 2025/02/04 (Tue) 17:37
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The area around Broadway, which once had the appearance of a fashionable, upscale neighborhood, is now filthy, and all that actually stands side by side are cheap Mexican stores. There is no sign of the once prosperous city, but I knew that Los Angeles means "angels" in Spanish ?. Santa Monica, etc. All the place names with San (Santa ⌘)}, Los, and Las are of Spanish origin. You should at least try to use your brain for a while,
old man !.

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#47
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2025/02/05 (Wed) 08:21
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If California is a former Mexican territory, it is not surprising that many of the place names are Spanish.

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#52
  • TRUMP2025
  • 2025/02/05 (Wed) 21:13
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Trump's Executive Order Banning Transgender Women from Participating in Athletics, Demanding IOC Change
Back to the norm.

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#55
  • 紅夜叉
  • 2025/02/06 (Thu) 08:41
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The Treaty of Guadalupe ・ Hidalgo, signed in February 1848, ended the Mexican-American War.
In this treaty, the United States agreed to pay Mexico $18.25 million,
Mexico formally ceded California to the United States, and
the border between the United States and Mexico was drawn for the first time.

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Vivinavi San Diego
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Entertainment
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  • Yumi
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  • 2025/02/04 07:43

We are planning to stay in San Diego with our children. Please let me know if you know of any events that we can go to with our children.

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Vivinavi San Diego
playdate

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#1
  • Yumi
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  • 2025/02/04 07:41

Please let me know if you know of any Japanese playdate groups in San Diego.

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Vivinavi Los Angeles
Relocating to LA with family, house hunting and school district ….

Problem / Need advice
#1
  • Lemon
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  • 2025/01/27 20:17

Nice to meet you.

I am relocating to Los Angeles for my husband's work.
I will be working in Burbank and am looking for a place to live within a 30 minute commute. ( Rent can be up to about 7k )
I have children in elementary school and kindergarten, so I am considering a place with a good school district and safety.
We also want them to attend a supplementary school, so it is difficult to find a place with good access ….
I was stationed in Los Angeles for a year before my child was born, so I have a vague idea of the area, but when it comes to school districts, I have no idea, so I refer to sites like Niche.
I am currently considering
La canada, South Pasadena, San Marino, Arcadia, and Encino, Shrman oaks, and Studio city west of Burbank.
As for supplementary schools, we are considering Asahi Gakuen's Santa Monica school.
I know it's really difficult because there are so many conditions …
I would appreciate any advice anyone can give me.
Thank you in advance.

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  • ぷニュー
  • 2025/01/27 (Mon) 22:14
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The remedial school is once a week, so I don't think you need to think that much about convenience. I think it is better to give priority to the local school because daily life is more important than that. I can do my best in the remedial school because it is only once a week, but if I fail in the local school, it will be stressful.

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#3
  • Lemon
  • 2025/01/29 (Wed) 17:15
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Dear Pu New

Thank you very much. It is true that the supplementary school is only once a week. … If the local school is preferred, it seems to be very difficult to choose a school district. I wonder what criteria everyone is using to make their choice ?.

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#4
  • ABc
  • 2025/01/29 (Wed) 18:24
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If private school is not an option, but mid-career enrollment is not possible, public school districts would still be La canada, South Pasadena, and San Marino, but racially, LaCanada is quite mixed and may be easier to blend in. There are few rentals in these areas, and it is difficult to find a place that fits your budget. San Marino is almost exclusively Asian, with the overwhelming majority of Chinese among them. If you are not concerned about race, these areas are relatively safe in the vicinity of LA. The Japanese school is only open once a week, though, so I would suggest that you don't prioritize that convenience.

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#5
  • うちは
  • 2025/01/30 (Thu) 16:58
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I decided on the school district based on the score. I know it's not just the score, but I avoided it because I believe that if the score is low, there must be a reason for it after all. I also avoided remote areas because I get frustrated if it is too inconvenient for daily life. My friend lives in a great residential area in a very high scoring school district, but she says it's too far to the supermarket, and all the remedial schools and lessons are too far away, so gas prices and stress are maxed out.

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#6

I live in Culver City with my family and the schools are very good and the living conditions are wonderful.
I go to Asahi in Torrance for remedial school, but it's only once a week, so I wouldn't say I'm stressed.

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2025 Ross Fire

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#1
  • LA fire 2025
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  • 2025/01/09 11:46

There is a tremendous amount of damage, but please let me know if there is a site that can help Japanese people from this damage.

I guess there were many Japanese living in WLA and Pasadena area ?.

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#60
  • もっともだ
  • 2025/01/22 (Wed) 12:36
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Wildfires, instead of stopping, they're increasing.

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#68
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2025/01/25 (Sat) 17:24
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When President Trump visited the area damaged by the fires,
it appears that the governor of the state pleaded with him to get assistance.

It appears that because of the fires, the Governor of California has
set two conditions for the federal government to receive assistance.

1, Voter ID law ( Every voter must provide ID and check to vote )

2, Create reservoirs ( There was no water in the reservoirs during this fire )

This exchange was broadcast statewide. This exchange was broadcast throughout the United States.

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#69
  • そうだ
  • 2025/01/25 (Sat) 20:39
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I laugh at the fact that the governor of a state that was so unusually pro-environment has turned Los Angeles into a ruin. 

A state governor who has a policy of not requiring people to show ID to vote in elections is just crazy, but Democrat supporters are so brainwashed that they won't wake up from their brainwashing when they get a state governor like this elected and burn their own homes. I am very tired of them saying it is Trump's fault for not helping.

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#79
  • もっともだ
  • 2025/01/27 (Mon) 12:45
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Video evidence of the start of the Eaton Fire in Altadena
As expected, sparks from a high voltage power line caught fire on the mountain
But, how is it that every year there are wildfires caused by high voltage power lines and nothing is done about it?

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#80
  • そうだ
  • 2025/01/28 (Tue) 09:11
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When Trump was giving this presidential campaign speech, he said you had to mow the bushes in Los Angeles. 

You have to mow the bushes in your home to get fire insurance, and there are people who lost their homes because they couldn't get fire insurance because they saved the money for the mowing. The fire insurance company was more aware of the situation and doubled the insurance, but the governor set a lower cap on the insurance for the people of the state, so the insurance company left the state of California.

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