Customers have returned to Little Tokyo businesses, standing in long lines for restaurants in Japanese Village Plaza and swelling to crowds on the weekends. Parking is a familiar nightmare. It feels and looks pre-pandemic -- but in kitchens and the backs of shops, battle stories abound.

<p>Customers have returned to Little Tokyo businesses, standing in long lines for restaurants in Japanese Village Plaza and swelling to crowds on the weekends. Parking is a familiar nightmare. It feels and looks pre-pandemic -- but in kitchens and the backs of shops, battle stories abound.</p>

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