Little Tokyo, Historic Japanese district in Downtown Los Angeles, United States.

Little Tokyo is a Japantown in downtown Los Angeles bounded by Los Angeles Street, Alameda Street, First Street and Third Street. Its First Street blocks hold designated historic buildings, including the Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, and a multi-story commercial building with a pale stucco facade, a central arched window grid fronted by a dark metal fire escape, and vertical "CHOP SUEY" signs above a restaurant storefront.

Japanese immigrants founded this settlement in 1885 as a farming community that rapidly expanded with newcomers from the north after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The neighborhood lost nearly all its Japanese population to forced relocation during World War II and only began reviving in the 1960s.

The name Little Tokyo, or Shō-Tōkyō, became common around 1905. The Nisei Week festival, started in 1934 by young Japanese Americans, is described as the largest Japanese American festival; a mural near the Japanese American National Museum reads that Little Tokyo is "our spiritual home." The Chop Suey restaurant opened in 1925 and counted film stars such as Chaplin among its regulars.

The district sits within walking distance of several Metro stations, making it easy to arrive without a car and explore the entire area on foot. Most shops and restaurants open around midday, with some staying open late into the evening, especially on weekends.

In the 1940s, African American residents named the area Bronzeville and opened jazz clubs and restaurants in the vacant buildings until the original Japanese families returned after the war ended. Some of these businesses remained open for decades, creating a brief period of cultural exchange between both communities.