[HPFGU-OTChatter] LA airport area Japanese/oriental markets?

[Dina Lerret]

On 10/7/07, Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) <catlady at wicca.net> wrote:

> LA area has about six airports that house scheduled airlines, but I
> expect you mean LAX. I'm sorry I'm not familiar with Westchester and
> El Segundo (the area around and the area next to the Hotel
> Neighborhood of LAX)

Yep, I meant LAX, sorry about not specifying.

> but LA's Little Tokyo is in Downtown, south and
> west of Union Station, like maybe First and Second Streets from
> Alameda Blvd to maybe San Pedro Street... The New Otani Hotel is there
> and the Japanese-American Museum, and Japanese Village Plaza (a
> shopping center), and the Mitsuwa supermarket is on Alameda at Third....

I'll be using public transit, so I'll try giving this area a shot.
Thanks!  I believe I should be able to buy bus passes at one of the
airport terminals.  I've got three days, before flying on Thursday, to
plan out how I'll 'attack LA'. {g}

> Hey, do you know the name of a candy whose brand was Hapi Bon-Bon that
> were these little bricks of fruit-flavored gel wrapped in edible
> cellophane further wrapped in regular cellophane with a paper round
> the middle like a cigar band, which had a picture of the fruit that
> this particular brick tasted like? I *adored* them in my childhood,

Huh, I think I remember that from my childhood ('cigar band'
particularly stands out) but I haven't been much of a Japanese candy
eater for the past couple decades.  I don't remember if I've seen them
recently around here.  I remember my favorite were these pink/green
candies with a white cat on them... this is going back to when I was
in elementary school.  I used to attempt to peel off the thin rice
paper, which is edible and dissolves. {g}

Sorry about not being able to help with the name but thanks for the
store suggestions!

Dina