"I'm 70 years old," Yamashita said, adding that she doesn't have enough energy to find a new location, move the vintage furniture and Japanese paintings on the wall, and start anew. "So sad," Yamashita said, looking out to Valencia Street on her little stool with her dog Chabo on a recent Tuesday. "The wonderful customers I have."
The increased rent was beyond her reach, Yamashita said. Already she was in financial trouble because she missed last holiday season - the busiest of the year - after the hit-and-run accident last winter. In and out of the hospital four times, Yamashita had no income for nine months, and she only reopened in September.
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