
← Japanese America11 Jun · 20 min
S3E5: Kouraku and the Taste of Home — Feeding a Community
S3E5: Kouraku and the Taste of Home — Feeding a Community
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Japanese America! In this episode, hosts Koji Steven Sakai and Michelle Malizaki take the podcast on location to Second Street in the heart of Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, to record inside a true culinary and cultural landmark: Kouraku. Originally opened in 1976, Kouraku was recently honored by the City of Los Angeles with an official street sign certifying it as America's oldest operating ramen shop. To celebrate this incredible 50-year milestone, Koji an...