
Place
Kouraku
Place Details
Address
314 E 2nd St
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone Number
Website
Year
1976
Designation
Property Type
Government Officials
Attributes
Community
Little Tokyo鈥檚 Kouraku is known as America鈥檚 oldest Japanese ramen noodle restaurant still in operation. Founded in 1976, Kouraku was taken over by the late Hiroshi Yamauchi in 1986, who brought popular post-World War II Japanese comfort food to the community. Though new owner Mamoru Tokuda is now at the restaurant鈥檚 helm, Kouraku鈥檚 culinary traditions remain, and this longstanding restaurant still feels like 鈥渉ome.鈥