Four Hours: Let Little Tokyo surprise you

LOS ANGELES
BY JULISSA JAMES

One of the special things about L.A. is you can travel the world without ever getting on a plane. Little Ethiopia on Monday, Koreatown on Tuesday, Little Armenia on Wednesday, Olvera Street on Thursday, Thai Town on Friday ... and Little Tokyo on Saturday. Not unlike its namesake city, this stylish downtown neighborhood is both sleek and flashy, futuristic and steeped in history. It’s also L.A., where a fine-dining restaurant and arcade sit side by side in a sleepy mall because of course they do. Little Tokyo is a place of unexpected juxtapositions, which makes for the exciting afternoon you didn’t even know you needed. READ MORE