Japantown

Japantown, also known historically as Japanese Town, is a neighborhood in the of , . Japantown comprises about six city blocks and is considered one of the largest and oldest ethnic enclaves in the United States.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in San Francisco
  • Also known as: “J Town”, “Japantown, J town”, and “Japantown, San Francisco”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Fillmore and San Francisco Peace Pagoda.

Theater building
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is a historic music venue in , . Built in 1912 and originally named the Majestic Hall, it became Auditorium in 1954.

Building
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The is a five-tiered concrete between Post and Geary Streets at Buchanan in San Francisco's Nihonmachi. The Pagoda, located in the southwestern corner of Peace Plaza between the and Nihonmachi Mall, was constructed in the 1960s and presented to San Francisco by its sister city , Japan on March 28, 1968.

Movie theater
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is a in the complex in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fillmore District and Western Addition.

Neighborhood
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The is a historical neighborhood in . Definitions vary, but it is generally treated as either a synonym or subneighborhood of the and is centered on the strip of south of Geary Boulevard to about McAllister or Fulton Street.

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A mostly residential area of , stretches west from downtown's area to Arguello Boulevard north of the Panhandle parkway.

Neighborhood
, also known as Upper Fillmore, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, between Pacific Heights, the Fillmore District, Laurel Heights, and Japantown.

Japantown

Latitude
37.78558° or 37° 47′ 8″ north
Longitude
-122.42981° or 122° 25′ 47″ west
Elevation
164 feet (50 metres)
Open location code
849VQHPC+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 140983070
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
8449795
Wiki­data ID
Q6159207
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Japantown” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Японски квартал (Сан Франциско)”
  • Bulgarian: “Японски квартал”
  • Cebuano: “Japantown”
  • Chinese: “日本城”
  • Chinese: “日本町”
  • Chinese: “日本街”
  • Chinese: “旧金山日本城”
  • Esperanto: “Sanfranciska Japana Kvartalo”
  • French: “Japantown”
  • German: “Japantown”
  • Japanese: “サンフランシスコ日本人街”
  • Japanese: “ジャパンタウン (サンフランシスコ)”
  • Japanese: “ジャパンタウン”
  • Japanese: “日本人街”
  • Japanese: “日本町”
  • Spanish: “Funayville”
  • Spanish: “J Town”
  • Spanish: “Japantown”
  • Spanish: “Little Osaka”
  • Spanish: “Nihonmachi”
  • Turkish: “Japantown”
  • Urdu: “جپنتوؤں ، سان فرانکسکو”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Western Addition and Pac Heights.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Japantown Peace Gallery and Buchanan Street.

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