"We heard from our customers telling us that they can’t take businesses for granted anymore," said Tsukada Simonian. “They’d rather come here to Little Tokyo because they know they’re supporting businesses like mine that’s been around for 75 years, and they want it around for longer.”

The Little Tokyo Community Council (LTCC) has announced the organization of the Little Tokyo Small Business Relief Fund as a GoFundMe crowdfunding effort in partnership with Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) to provide financial support for local businesses during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

LTCC and LTSC hope that by creating the Little Tokyo Small Business Relief Fund and by reaching out to the local businesses, we can encourage them to persevere through this unprecedented situation. Our community has endured difficult times before by pulling together.