Right: Amy Honjiyo shows how old Rafu Shimpo newspapers are folded into bags for bokashi ingredients used to quickly recycle food waste. Bokashi workshops are held bimonthly at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center by Sustainable Little Tokyo. Bokashi in a Rafu Shimpo bag can be purchased at a bokashi workshop or Anzen Hardware.
Above: Workshop participants learn how to fold old Rafu Shimpos into bokashi bags. Participants’ interests ranged from paper folding to possible projects for Little Tokyo Towers residents as well as to support recycling food waste using bokashi.