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The Lunar New Year festivities begin at noon at the El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.

“Shogun Santa,” billed as the only known Asian Santa in Los Angeles, was spotted in the city’s Little Tokyo district over the weekend, spreading joy to children as Christmas approaches. Like with traditional Santa, children gave the bearded holiday figure their Christmas wish list, snapped photos with and received treats from him. Being Shogun Santa, touted in a press release as the only known Asian Santa in Los Angeles, has been passed down through the years.

Asian Santa has returned to town

As part of a decades-long tradition, Shogun Santa made appearances over the weekend at the Japanese Village Plaza in L.A.’s Little Tokyo to take pictures with children and their families. The tradition, which got its start in the 1970s, was the idea of someone that wanted to give back to the community in the […]

“Paper Chase,” a documentary film that delves into the history of Japanese-American news media, will be screened on Sunday, Aug. 13, at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center. Free showings are scheduled for 11 a.m. and at 2 p.m. at the center located at 665 Kahului Beach Road.