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Kawafuku Cafe 1920-1942

Kawafuku Cafe 1920-1942

Posted: 22 Apr 2004 4:43AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 16 Oct 2004 2:36AM GMT
Kawafuku Cafe was located in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, by Takichi and Hana Kato, my grandparents. This was a very popular venue for weddings and banquets. If anyone has any stories they can share, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Some Kawafuku employees in 1942 were Hatsume Baba, Edna Natsu Kurisu, Tong Kock Lee, Kikuye Nakagawa, Sue Noriyuki, Yoshiko Noma, Yuichi Kono, Tsutako Kato Yokoi, Nobuzo Uyeno, Yoneko Kamiyama, Misao Yanagisawa Uyeda, Shigekichi Furusawa, Yoichi Furuyama and Chuck Ho Quon.

Re: Kawafuku Cafe 1920-1942

Posted: 7 Jul 2004 6:22PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 2 Nov 2004 6:02PM GMT
You may consider posting a similar topic over in the Losa Angeles board:

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/localities.northa...

Re: Kawafuku Cafe 1920-1942

Laura Murphy (View posts)
Posted: 11 Apr 2005 9:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
My name is Laura Murphy and I am working on writing a historical piece on the development of sushi in the US. And it is my understanding that the Kawafuku Cafe - Little Tokyo, was the first to feature Tokyo style sushi.

In addition, I am trying to locate photo's and names to record this historical site. Please contact me at your earliest convenience, at (916) 929-2264 or lmurphy@calrice.org.

Re: Kawafuku Cafe 1920-1942

freddie holland (View posts)
Posted: 26 Apr 2005 8:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi!
Unfortunately, I do not no your Grand Parents. I was directed to this site while looking for an artist by the name of Yoshiko Noma. It is an original etching that I found buried in a junk store. Would you happen to be familar with this name.

Re: Kawafuku Cafe 1920-1942

Becky (View posts)
Posted: 28 Apr 2005 9:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
Yoshiko Noma worked at Kawafuku Cafe, but I do not know in what capacity. Her name appeared on a list made prior to evacuation, with a notation that she was due wages of $5.85. She does not appear in the National Archives data files for internees, so perhaps she returned to Japan or married while in camp. She appeared to have been employed just prior to 1942.

Re: Kawafuku Cafe 1920-1942

Posted: 28 Mar 2007 5:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Kato
Dear Becky:

I am finishing a big article about sushi for VANITY FAIR magazine, and I should very much like to include your grandparents Takichi and Hana Kato in the story.

Can you please tell me where in Japan they were from?

Do you also know for sure when the opened the cafe?

I have an advertisement for Kawafuku Cafe that dates to July 30, 1932. It was then located at 201 East First Street. I also know that, after the war, it was run by Nakajima Tokijiro, and that by 1950 it was serving sashimi. It also moved at some point to South Los Angeles Street, where the New Otani Hotel came to be. A reference to "a dinner last night at the Japanese Cafe," in the Los Angeles TIMES of August 24, 1929, was likely to Kawafuku.

I have been working on this story, both here and in Japan, for a long time, and now I must finish it by the weekend. I really appreciate whatever information you can give me, and I hope to hear from you soon.

Thanks and all best wishes,

Nick Tosches
Contributing Editor
VANITY FAIR
New York, NY
nickt@interport.net
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