{"id":548,"date":"2008-08-02T20:44:18","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T03:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=548"},"modified":"2008-08-03T08:38:13","modified_gmt":"2008-08-03T15:38:13","slug":"sawtelle-and-little-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/08\/02\/sawtelle-and-little-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawtelle and Little Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So today Nathan and I ventured to the Sawtelle area, which once was a Japanese area and still has a number of Japanese stores within a three or so block area.<\/p>\n

On the way there we stopped at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, which is located in the back of Lazer Blazer, a DVD shop (for purchase and rental). This is the store for folks interested in the Clerks movies, Dogma, and a few other cult classics. I bought a tee shirt and the first volume of the Preacher series, Gone to Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The facade of Lazer Blazer with Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash<\/p>\n

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We drove back over to Sawtelle and stopped by Giant Robot and Giant Robot 2, and one other store whose name escapes me. Didn’t find much at the Giant Robots, but I got a miniature off-shore oil exploration ship model and a three-part Japanese naval ship model at the other place.<\/p>\n

We crossed town to get to Little Tokyo by 1P so Nathan could meet up with a friend of his for lunch.<\/p>\n

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The Japanese American Museum, where I met Aviva for the day<\/p>\n

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A Japanese fire tower on the way into Little Tokyo Village Mall<\/p>\n

Aviva met me there. We had lunch at Joy Mart Restaurant, where we both had Ramen noodles.<\/p>\n

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Stopped in a couple of shops, including Bunkado, where Aviva bought some bowls and I bought a bunch of Origami stuff (I used to fold paper when I was very young and want to start again).<\/p>\n

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Aviva and I shopped around a bit and then met up with Nathan at the Little Tokyo Mall.<\/p>\n

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We walked by this Buddhist temple<\/p>\n

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A wall where Aviva parked the car<\/p>\n

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We walked by a very cool Japanese garden<\/p>\n

Aviva headed home to pick up our dog from the sitter, and Nathan and I stopped at Jungle Special Collectors Shop; this place is the place to find Anime and other Japanese figures (their main office is in Japan).<\/p>\n

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So today Nathan and I ventured to the Sawtelle area, which once was a Japanese area and still has a number of Japanese stores within a three or so block area. On the way there we stopped at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, which is located in the back of Lazer Blazer, a DVD […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[253,254,2356],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-jay-and-silent-bobs-secret-stash","tag-little-tokyo","tag-los-angeles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t