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Don't worry, Makati's Little Tokyo is not closing

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/08/17/little-tokyo-2017-081717_1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Little Tokyo. Hana Restaurant’s Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – The rumors are not true – you can still get your Japanese fix at Little Tokyo in Makati City.</p><p>One of the restaurants in the compound, Hana, posted a series of Twitter posts on Thursday, dismissing rumors of Little Tokyo’s shutdown.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hi everyone!! We would like to kindly ask for a favor. Please do not spread rumors that Little Tokyo is closing down. We are not.</p>— Hana Little Tokyo (@Hana_LT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hana_LT/status/897998788400263169">August 17, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">For these past couple of years, people I met told me the same thing. &quot;I heard LT is closing down&quot;. It&#x27;s been years. WHY are we still open?</p>— Hana Little Tokyo (@Hana_LT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hana_LT/status/897999597112393730">August 17, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It is because the rumors is not true. We have talked to the landlord many time &amp; they said we are not. We have thought rumors will be gone</p>— Hana Little Tokyo (@Hana_LT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hana_LT/status/897999988189429760">August 17, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Hana, which is popular for takoyaki or Japanese octopus balls, made it clear that Little Tokyo is not affected by the eviction of tenants at the nearby Mile Long property along Amorsolo Street.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/15/17/makati-rtc-orders-sunvar-tenants-to-vacate-mile-long-property">READ: Makati RTC orders Sunvar, tenants to vacate Mile Long property</a></li></ul><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It is because the rumors is not true. We have talked to the landlord many time &amp; they said we are not. We have thought rumors will be gone</p>— Hana Little Tokyo (@Hana_LT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hana_LT/status/897999988189429760">August 17, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">share to friends &amp; family that LT is always welcoming anyone who wants to have authentic Japanese food. Spread good things &amp; not bad things.</p>— Hana Little Tokyo (@Hana_LT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hana_LT/status/898001233604034562">August 17, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The moving of restaurants is for restaurants in mile long &amp; not Little Tokyo. So please do not include us in the news.</p>— Hana Little Tokyo (@Hana_LT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hana_LT/status/897997952039374849">August 17, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We are bunch of small business who are trying hard each day to survive.<br/>I hope you can continue to kindly support us.<br/>Thank you very much!</p>— Hana Little Tokyo (@Hana_LT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hana_LT/status/897996239047766016">August 17, 2017</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>In a phone interview with the online magazine Spot, other Little Tokyo restaurants such as Seryna and Yamazaki Ramen House and Grocery also confirmed that they are not shutting down.</p>

<p>The rumors are not true – you can still get your Japanese fix at Little Tokyo in Makati City. </p>

The rumors are not true – you can still get your Japanese fix at Little Tokyo in Makati City.