Sawtelle: West Los Angeles's Japantown non-tx and missionaries—behind enemy lines in

and missionaries—behind enemy lines in Japan and Germany

tells the story of an American family and a decision that challenges a son to find strength

The only clue is a broken snakeskin shamisen

Rock & Roll Pug Run (G)

Image from the exhibition PERSEVERANCE

Sawtelle: West Los Angeles's Japantown non-tx and missionaries—behind enemy lines inBy Jack Fujimoto, the Japanese Institute of Sawtelle, and the Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California. A 1. 48 square mile piece of unincorporated Los Angeles County when it was annexed by the City of Los Angeles in 1922, tiny Sawtelle has lived very large in the hearts and minds of Japanese Americans. Their homes, livelihoods, religions, businesses, language, and other ethnocentric and social involvements are rooted in the area,