The San Francisco Japantown History Walk is marked by interpretive signs. You’ll be able to trace the neighborhood’s evolution from its early days as Nihonmachi to the bustling Japan Center of ...

San Francisco’s Japantown, known to some as Nihonmachi, is the oldest Japantown in the country. It is also one of only four surviving Japantowns in the country. Nihonmachi is not a “Lost Kinjo ...

Founded in 1906, San Francisco’s Japantown was the first Japanese American community to settle and establish itself in the United States. San Francisco’s Japantown (Nihonmachi) has been the ...