Japan Center (San Francisco)
The Japan Center is a shopping center in the Japantown neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It opened in March 1968 and was originally called the Japanese Cultural and Trade Center. It is bounded by Geary, Post, Fillmore, and Laguna. The mall itself is composed of three mall buildings; from west to east, they are the Kinokuniya Mall, Kintetsu Mall, and Miyako Mall. Anchor tenants include Books Kinokuniya and Sundance Kabuki Cinema.
Exterior of Japan Center East, Hotel Kabuki visible in background
Hotel Kabuki (2009)
West from Hotel Kabuki (2016)
East along Geary (2009)
Japantown , also known historically as Japanese Town, is a neighborhood in the Western Addition district of San Francisco, California. Japantown comprises about six city blocks and is considered one of the largest and oldest ethnic enclaves in the United States.
View from Kabuki Hotel facing west. Below is the Japan Center and Peace Pagoda
Looking north on Buchanan Street, across Post Street in Japantown.
Japantown residents being relocated to Japanese American internment camps in 1942, during World War II.
Dancer at the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival (1990s).
