In Lottle Tokyo of Los Angeles, demonstrations attract sympathy and frustration

The last three days since Friday, since the start of the demonstrations, have gradually gone a little crazier and a little wilder. “Ice is not welcome here.” Friday and Saturday, we noticed that most of the crowd was kept just north of us, but in the following block. Monday, they mainly went down to us. My store is called Fugetsu-Do Confectionary. Was launched in 1903. I was the owner of the third generation. Was started by my grandfather. Being Japanese American, we were placed in the camps. My mother and father got married in a Wyoming concentration camp. We are therefore very sensitive to this cause. Americans of Japanese origin have similar experience with the federal government and are imprisoned for four years, but it is difficult to keep the support of a group when you are the victim of a small minority of them. Ninety-nine percent of demonstrators respect the laws and they are there to protest. Although everyone in the protest group does not only understand to come to Little Tokyo and undo the windows and buildings and walls, it is probably the last place that makes sense for them. Yeah, we’re going to close. I already told them to start wrap it. It’s like preparing for a hurricane in Florida – get on board the windows. Well, we do it here in Los Angeles for that.