PALO ALTO, California -- After 140 years of serving as the center for the Japanese diaspora, the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles is struggling to survive and retain its character in the face of spiking property values and a graying community.
Soaring property values, gentrification and aging threaten iconic enclave

A mural of baseball player Shohei Ohtani covers a wall of the Miyako Hotel in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. (Photo by Rei Nakafuji)
PALO ALTO, California -- After 140 years of serving as the center for the Japanese diaspora, the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles is struggling to survive and retain its character in the face of spiking property values and a graying community.