Ueto Aya

eltinator wrote:Damn, I'm so moving to LA! :hehe: :hehe:

Looks like I may be coming to California as well next year as part of a Study Abroad program :) :woot: :hehe:

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:I dunno about the last time you were here, elt, but J-town is a rather quiet place now a days... :shakehead:

Everyone's moved to Torrance, that's why. Lots of Japanese businesses and shopping areas there.

Yea I noticed that when I watch the commercials inbetween j-programming and most of the stuff was in torrance... Maybe I should move down there, it sure would be a lot cooler down there. :hehe:

thetenken wrote:Everyone's moved to Torrance, that's why. Lots of Japanese businesses and shopping areas there.

Hmm, there's always been a large Japanese presence here since Gardena is nearby and the big three's (Toyota, Honda, Nissan) headquarters are all here...

Don't write off Little Tokyo: It's still the center for Japanese culture with the Japanese Cultural Center and the newly-built Japanese-American History Museum... :D

WOW!!!! seems 2 b so much Japanese stuff goin on down der in L.A.....i should go down 2 LA n visit all these places :mrgreen:

All i ever did in LA if memory serves me right was....go 2 dat fatty Chinese shoppin mall...uhhhh Disney Land n Universal Studios

K.T.Tran wrote:WOW!!!! seems 2 b so much Japanese stuff goin on down der in L.A.....i should go down 2 LA n visit all these places :mrgreen:

Yeah, but you already missed this year's Nisei Week Festival... :(

All i ever did in LA if memory serves me right was....go 2 dat fatty Chinese shoppin mall...uhhhh Disney Land n Universal Studios

Huh? :headscratch:

K.T.Tran wrote:WOW!!!! seems 2 b so much Japanese stuff goin on down der in L.A.....i should go down 2 LA n visit all these places :mrgreen:

All i ever did in LA if memory serves me right was....go 2 dat fatty Chinese shoppin mall...uhhhh Disney Land n Universal Studios

I think I know that Chinese shopping mall you're talking about :hehe: :hehe:

eltinator wrote:

I think I know that Chinese shopping mall you're talking about :hehe: :hehe:

Really....i dun even remember where it is or wat it really looks like.....i think its jus big n red......and got sum kinda gold lookin lion outside....i dun remember its been like wat...12 yrs since i been der

K.T.Tran wrote:

Really....i dun even remember where it is or wat it really looks like.....i think its jus big n red......and got sum kinda gold lookin lion outside....i dun remember its been like wat...12 yrs since i been der

Been a while since I was last there but I just remember a lot of Chinese people everywhere, lol. I know in Alhambra there is a huge Chinese population and I was visiting a friend there.

eltinator wrote:Been a while since I was last there but I just remember a lot of Chinese people everywhere, lol. I know in Alhambra there is a huge Chinese population and I was visiting a friend there.

Monterey Park, too. Actually, the SGV has a ton of Chinese folks.

Yep Monterey Park is filled with chinese people who dont know how to drive!.... :hehe:

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:Yep Monterey Park is filled with chinese people who dont know how to drive!.... :hehe:

Alhambra and Chinatown too, bud. :hehe:

eltinator wrote:

Yea I haven't been to LA in quite a while. Hec, I don't think I ever visited LA's Japantown. People just told me they had one and given that LA is a pretty busy city, I figured you guys would probably have more stuff there than we do here in SF :D

Take it from a Nihonjin with family in both LA and SF, the SF Nihonmachi is WAAAAAY better.

Little Tokyo is comparitively run down. :grumble:

The Nihonjin community is scattered across LA... yep, some in Torrance.
-PCM

Weevil wrote:Sweetness and light... Aya

wow that's a nice pic. eltinator is so right... that girl is, and really is a goddess. Weevil, how lucky you must be that you're in the same country as her, i'm so envious... imagine what would it take me just to get to Japan.

thanks for all you guys for the nice comment to our site, it really encourages us to do better. i'm sure Phinn, your site will also be one of the best with all the materials you have... and so do you gloomy... thanks!

Mr.ChoyBoi, i am really challenged to put the clearest possible music w/o compromising the size to make the site load fast.

mr. eltinator, its my friend Michael who does the flash stuff (i don't know flash)... we work closely together for www.aya-ueto.net site.

here's a pic we find funny and cute, from Kanshou making :hehe:
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bmwracer wrote:
Alhambra and Chinatown too, bud. :hehe:

Alhambra is not that bad, more rice rockets roam the streets, but Chinatown is VERY VERY bad..!! :shakehead: When you go to Chinatown be prepared to either people cut you off without looking or people that drive super slow in the fast lane... :mad:

Mr.ChoyBoi wrote:

Alhambra is not that bad, more rice rockets roam the streets, but Chinatown is VERY VERY bad..!! :shakehead: When you go to Chinatown be prepared to either people cut you off without looking or people that drive super slow in the fast lane... :mad:

hahaha, and they also sell bad comp supplies there too right? :hehe: :hehe:

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Damn, that dude next to Aya-chan is SHORT!
-PCM