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).
Western Addition, San Francisco
The Western Addition is a district in San Francisco, California, United States.
A southern view from Alta Plaza Park, which is in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. Most of the valley in the central part of this image is in the Western Addition neighborhood.