Japantown, San Francisco

Japantown (also known as "Nihonmachi" (ja: 日本町), "Little Osaka," and "J Town") comprises about six square city blocks in the Western Addition in San Francisco. 12,000 of Japanese ancestry live within the area. The area is home to a large number of Japanese, and some Korean and Chinese, restaurants, supermarkets, indoor shopping malls, hotels, banks, and other shops, including one of the few US branches of the large Kinokuniya bookstores. The main thoroughfare is Post Street. Its focal point is Japan Center, the site of three Japanese oriented shopping centers and the Peace Pagoda.

Related Topics:
Western Addition - San Francisco - Japan - Korea - Chinese - Kinokuniya - Peace Pagoda

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