Japantown
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Japantown is a common name for Japanese communities in cities and towns outside Japan. Alternatively, a Japantown may be called J-town, Little Tokyo or Nihonmachi, the first two being common names for
Liberdade in São Paulo, Brazil
The five-tiered Peace Pagoda made of concrete in San Francisco
The Japanese Village Plaza in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo
Kids at play in 1927 in Japantown, Vancouver
Japantown, San Francisco
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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
Japantown
…cities and towns outside Japan. Alternatively, a Japantown may be called J-town, Little Tokyo or Nihonmachi (日本町), the first two being common names for Japantown, San Francisco, Japantown, San Jose and Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. The name "Japantown" was modeled after the older, well-established term "Chinatown", which dates…
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).