Go Little Tokyo for the Holidays
2025 Gift Guides

Scroll down for shopping ideas that support Little Tokyo and be sure to submit your receipts to the Holiday Lucky Draw!

Sustainable Little Tokyo Gift Guide

  • Little Tokyo Florist- Kadomatsu- harvesting bamboo from JACCC’s James Irvine Japanese Garden to create a traditional Japanese decoration to welcome the New Year. Call to place an order! ($30 - $250)

  • Nellita’s Craft- Boro Boro Mending Kit ($50)

  • SLT’s Hiro’s Bokashi Bucket Kit- Learn the Okinawan tradition of Bokashi composting. Pick up available at Anzen Hardware or join an upcoming workshop to get hands-on training and buy your set there. (Workshop: $15/ Full Bokashi Kit: $35)

  • MISE @ JACCC- Furoshiki- Traditional Japanese cotton cloths that can be used infinitely as reusable gift wrap, a scarf, a small bag, or a handkerchief ($12- $56)

  • Anzen Hardware- Knives from Sakai Takayuki- Continuing a relationship that spans 3 generations, Anzen Hardware carries these knives from entry to professional level ($100 to $190)

  • Nikkei Progressives- Belly Like Drum community cookbook- blends family recipes, stories, and art to demonstrate how food sustains the intergenerational movement for social justice.

  • Fugetsu-Do gift certificate—support the oldest business in Little Tokyo! 

Your friend who watched "The Bear" and can't stop saying "YES, CHEF!"

DIY Pinterest-Obsessed Arts & Craft Lover 

Your friend who’s obsessed with perfecting their matcha

  • Ceremonial Matcha from Tea Master

  • Matcha Whisk from Mise

  • Matcha Chazutsu from Rafu Bussan

  • Matcha set from Rafu Bussan

Friends' kiddos and the little ones in your family

For Mom and Mother Figures

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