Restaurant rebuilding on Depot Street

Sunshot by Michael Hall — A construction worker with J. Davis Construction stands inside the ongoing renovations at Little Japan in downtown Hartwell a year after the restaurant burned.
Sunshot by Michael Hall — A construction worker with J. Davis Construction stands inside the ongoing renovations at Little Japan in downtown Hartwell a year after the restaurant burned.

Work is in full swing at 113 Depot St. in downtown Hartwell to rebuild a restaurant gutted by a fire a year ago. 

Little Japan caught fire overnight on Aug. 9, 2019, sending flames high into the s…