the heart of san francisco’s nihonmachi (japantown) golden...
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PEASE PRESS CARTOGRAPHY1717 Cabrillo Street, San Francisco, CA 94121 • (415) 387-1437Website: www.peasepress.com • Japantownatlas.com Email: [email protected]
Map Legend:
Dwellings (single residences)
Flats and Apartments
Hotels, Housekeeping Rooms,Boarding Houses, etc.
Churches & Synagogues
Community Facilities(Schools, social, government, etc.)
Building Symbols:
Building
Porch or overhang, open structure,also lumber piles
Partition within building
Barn, stable, or hayloft
Property Line
Stairs
Number of Stories
Street Address
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Japanese American Businessesand Institutions
Generic business use fromSanborn Insurance map notes
The Heart of San Francisco’sNihonmachi (Japantown)Japanese American Businesses at Post & Buchanan Streets1910, 1940, 1950, 1970, and 2000Maps by Ben Pease
These maps are part of a set of maps I have drawn of JapaneseAmerican businesses districts in San Francisco and othercities showing how they have changed over time.
Buildings are based on Sanborn Insurance Map Co. maps of1910, 1929, 1951, and 1987, from microfilm at the SanFrancisco Public Library History Room. I redrew the mapsand copied buildings forward and backward to match whatexisted at the featured dates, based on directory and historicphoto evidence. Buildings may or may not be accurate forthe dates shown.
Japanese American business and institution names are fromold directories published by newspapers such as the HokkubeiMainichi, Nichibei Times, Japanese American News, andothers. They are provided courtesy of Mr. Seizo Oka, curatorof the Japanese American History Archives (JAHA) in SanFrancisco. Maps also build on a set of maps at JAHA createdin 1990 by the Japantown Arts & Media Worshop (JAM).
Map ©1998-2018 by Ben Pease.
I have created similar maps for 24 historic Japantowns inCalifornia, including the wider San Francisco Japantown area,San Jose, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Marysville, and more.thanks in part to a 2006 California Civil Liberties PublicEducation Project, at www.japantownatlas.com
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Laundry
Dw
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Dw
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Japanese Stores(Sanborn m
ap note)
The Heart of San Francisco’s Nihonmachi in 1910
NJAHS’s location today
Saint HIllaire Apartments(1915 map)
Dw
elling
Church
of Christ
Office
Midori R
estaurantE
ndo Shoten Grocery
Daikoku-ya R
estaurantBoarding H
ouse
Yoruzu-Ya (Dry Goods)Tomikawa Photo Studio
Dwelling
Dwelling
Dwelling
Dwelling
2 Flats
Dwelling
40’
3 Flats
3 FlatsStore
3 FlatsStore
2 Flats
PlymouthCongregational
Church
(Reformed Churchmoved hereabout 1918)Store
Dw
elling
Autos
3 Flats
Dw
elling
Yukawa
Printing
Pool Hall
Lodgings(Japanese)
Housekeeping Room
s
Housekeeping Room
s
Undertaking
Housekeeping Room
s
Housekeeping Room
s
Dwellings
Dw
elling
Dw
ellingShed Shed
Restaurant
Storage
Store
2
Tin Shop & Store
ShedShed
Shed
9 Flats
Azum
a-yaR
estaurant
Teikoku Hosp
ital
Dw
elling Dw
elling
Japanese LodgingsPool H
all in B.
Aichi-kan H
otelInsurance A
gency
Apartments
above
Shed Dw
elling(Japanese)
Aki H
otel
2 Flats
2 Flats
Kam
eyata ShotenG
rocery
Mitani
Tailors
Kyushu-ya H
otel
3 Flats
6 Flats
Hinode Shokai G
eneral M
dse. & Shoe Store
Okubo
Dental O
ffice
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
3 Flats
ReformedChurch
MiyamotoDressmaker
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Hiroshim
a-ya Hotel
Kinm
on Tailors
Flats
SuruyaC
onfectionary
Rooms
Dw
elling
Tokai Ryoken H
otelO
gura-An R
estaurant
Aikoku-ka H
otelA
ikoku Pool H
all
Yamato Shokai
(food imp
orter)
N. M
urayama
Midw
ife
Osaka D
rug Store
Minato-yu B
ath House
Kaw
akami
Bath H
ouse
IzutsuR
estaurant
Sugu-ya Tailors
Murakam
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allK
ameoka E
mp
loyment
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rocery
entry
NichibeiBussan
Nakam
uraLaundry &
Tailor
Furuki Grocery
Furuki Carp
enter
Geary St., Park & Ocean RRCable Car Barn & Powerhouse
(abandoned 1910)
(replaced by Howard Garageon 1915 map) Taisho-tei
Restaurant
9 Flats
MorikawaInsurance Agency
Ohya Tofu Co.
Nichibei Employment AgencyShiozaki Pool Hall
Murata-doko BarberYutani Carpenter
Misaka WatchRepair
Maeki Tailor
Oriental E
mp
loyment A
gency
TaishoDrugStore
Itatani Watch
Rep
air Shop
Ham
umei-kan
Boarding H
ouse
2 Flats
Kinko R
yokan Hotel
Minato Z
ushi Restaurant
Nihon G
akuin (school)U
. Sano, Midw
ife
TakahashiTailor
Matsum
ura Shoe Rep
airFujita D
ental Office
Chiyoda ShotenDry Goods
Toyo Shokai Dry Goods
Fukugumi Tailors
SeigetsuR
estaurant
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& VegetablesA
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estaurant
Mutual Sup
ply C
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porter)
Hori E
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ent Agency
Kariya-doko B
arber
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Stable
Dw
elling
Higaki D
entistM
ori Drug Store
4-Flats
4-Flats
4-Flats
4-Flats
3 FlatsStore
NakagawaShoninkanDry Goods
Dw
elling
FlatsFlats
Takagi Pool Hall
ChineseRestaurant
Japanese
Store
SundaySchool
Store
Store
Vacant
Dwelling
DwellingShed
Kairiku ShokaiGrocery
Laguna Pool HallSasaki-dokoBarber Shop
JapaneseKindergarten(1915 map)
3 Flats
3 Flats
Matsuya
Confectionery
Restaurant
Store
Store
Flats
There were also a dozen or more Nikkei businesses and hotels on the south side of Geary in 1910including Hosada Bros. Grocery, Benkyo-do Manju-ya, and Uoki K. Sakai Grocery
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Block 685 (ex 943) 1929
Block 700(943)
Block 685(943)
Block 686(930)
Block 699
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BS
TE
R
POST
BU
CH
AN
AN
LA
GU
NA
POST
GEARYOsakaTailor
SUTTER
East edge ofWebster Street
today
North edge of Geary Expressway today
Peace Pagodatoday
Peace Plazatoday
BuchananMall today
Miyo’sBeautyShop
Ham
ada Art R
epair
Nagai Insurance O
ffice
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
2 Flats
Dwelling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Flats
Flats
3 FlatsO
ffice in B.
31/2B
4 Flats
3 Flats
3 Flats
3 Flats
Flats
Dwelling
2 Flats
Dwelling
Dwelling
Dwelling
Dwelling
Store Dw
elling (Japanese)
2 Flats
2 Flats
1523
6 Flats
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
2
1701
3 Flats
3 Flats
3 Flats
Flats
D
Flats
Store
HEMLOCK
Japanese Corp of Salvation Army, built in 1930sat SE corner of Geary & Laguna
The Heart of San Francisco’s Nihonmachi in 1940
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Dw
elling
Church
of Christ
Office
Midori R
estaurantE
ndo Shoten Grocery
Daikoku-ya R
estaurantBoarding H
ouse
Dwelling1
Dwelling
3 Flats
3 Flats
3 FlatsStore
Store
2 Flats
FirstEvangelical &
ReformedChurch
(1918-1955)
2B Dw
elling
Autos
1
3 Flats
Dw
elling
Hori E
mp
loy-m
ent Agency
Yamato
Pool H
all
Shed
Lodgings(Japanese)
Housekeeping Room
s
Housekeeping Room
s
Housekeeping Room
s
Housekeeping Room
s
Dwellings
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Shed Shed
Henry’s
Tackle Shop
ShedShed
Shed
9 Flats
Shimam
otoA
rchitect
Toyo Printing C
o.
Dw
elling Dw
elling
Futatsuki Barber
Shop &
Pool H
all
Suzuki Barber Shop
Kikuno-yu B
ath House D
welling
NipponHotel
Dw
elling (Japanese)
Aki H
otel
2 Flats
2 Flats
Itatani Restaurant
Ashizaw
a Em
broidery
FujiExpress
3 Flats
NipponGakuen(school)
Se Ko Kai Church
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
3 Flats
M. TaniShoe Repair
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Nichibei
Securities Co.
FlatsStore
Rooms
Dw
elling
Tombo R
estaurant
Nip
pon D
rug Store
Nam
iye Murayam
aK
inmon M
aternity H
ospital
Minato-yu B
ath House
Mizuho C
o.
entry
UminoTofu Mfg.
Otow
a Barber Shop
Shima Transfer
9 Flats
HatsuneRestaurant
Kinokuniya HotelNichibei Employment
Shiozaki Pool HallNichibei Meshiya
YodoyaRestaurant
ShinanoyaC
onfectionery
Hideshim
a Pool H
all&
Em
plyom
ent Agency
Hosoi
Em
broidery
Sutter Street Printing
TakahashiTailor
Matsum
ura Shoe Rep
airFujita D
ental Office
SokoTransfer
Minato-Sushi
Restaurant
Nakata C
o.P
ost Bar
Nisei
Grill
Shed
Yamato Garage
office
George’sCandyKitchen
Dw
elling
Azum
aya Tofu Co.
Shinsekai-Asahi Shinbun
Undertaker
Inouye Tailor
TakahashiCamera Store& Optometrist
Misaw
aD
rug StoreK
ikusuiR
estaurant
MuraiBros. Co
SakamotoMidwifery
M. MoriyaD.D.S.
Tiger C
afe
Sakura-enR
estaurant
Aoki TaiseidoB
ookstore
Uoki, Sakai C
o.G
rocery
Ono-Goshado
Book Store
FujiHotel
Mitoma Shoe Repair
Poppy Cafe
Aizawa
Tokyo WatchRepair
HisagoRestaurant
SakaeBarber Shop
Harusame-teiRestaurant
OkamotoDrug Store
TenkatsuRestaurant
Shungetsu-doConfectionery
Eagle Bakery& Restaurant
Ota SingerMachine
NakagawaShohinkan
OgawaDrug Store
Bochow Hotel
Ginza Cafe
M. Higaki, M.D.
K. Uyeyama, D.D.S.
Tokiwa-en
Restaurant
Ham
ada Art R
epair
Nagai Insurance O
ffice
Muto Jew
eler
Toyo Hotel
EbisuRest.
HinodeBarberShop
TaishoDrugStore
Mary’sBarber Shop
Sano Printing
MoriyamaPhoto Studio
Rainbow
Tackle Shop
Kim
igayoR
estaurant
Nip
pon H
ospital
Itatani Op
tometrist
T. & H
.Hayashi D
.D.S.
Nagoya H
otel
Soko FishTackle Shop
Soko Fish Co.
Kasuga B
arber Shop
Com
munity H
ouse(R
eformed C
hurch)
Yoruzuya Co. Dry GoodsHanazono Photo Studio
Arrow Garage
Tani Co.
Ozawa
Mikado Hotel
Mikado C
afeteria
Mikado B
ar
Kinm
on Press
Mansei-an R
estarurant
3 FlatsStore
Mitsuw
a Restaurant
Sushi-Gen
Restaurant
Soko Hardw
are
NichibeiBussan Co.(Dry Goods)
Saint HIllaire Apartments
Nakahara B
arber Shop
NJAHS’s location today
SundaySchool
entry gate
Flats
NakagawaShoninkanDry Goods
FlatsStore
Rooms orApartments
DwellingStore
Dw
elling
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Block 700(943)
Block 685(943)
Block 686(930)
Block 699
WE
BS
TE
R
POST
BU
CH
AN
AN
LA
GU
NA
POST
GEARY
East edge ofWebster Street
today
North edge of Geary Expressway today
Peace Pagodatoday
Peace Plazatoday
SUTTER
BuchananMall today
1699
Miyo’sBeautyShop
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dwelling
2 Flats
Dwelling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Flats
Flats
2 Flats
3 FlatsO
ffice in Bsmt.
31/2B
4 Flats
3 Flats
3 Flats
3 Flats
Flats
Dwelling
2 Flats
Dwelling
Dwelling
Dwelling
Gas &Oil D
welling
2 Flats
2 Flats
1523
6 Flats
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
2
1701
3 Flats
3 Flats
3 Flats
Flats
Golden Inn
Bakery
HEMLOCK
Flats Flats
Rich-B
rooke Hotel above
(African American ow
nership)
Stores
AutoG
reasing
Store
The Heart of San Francisco’s Nihonmachi in 1950
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Dw
ellingO
ffice
Dwelling1
Dwelling
3 Flats
3 Flats
3 FlatsStore
Store
2 Flats
FirstEvangelical &
ReformedChurch
Dw
elling
Autos
1
3 Flats
Dw
elling
Hori E
mp
loyment A
gency
Shed
Lodgings
Apartments
Rooms
Housekeeping Room
s
Housekeeping Room
s
Dwellings
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Shed Shed
ShedShed
Shed
9 Flats
Soko Engei-K
ai
Baba U
rin IkenoboSakai, D
DS
Dw
elling Dw
ellingN
isei Barber
Shop
Dw
elling (Japanese)
Aki H
otel
2 Flats
2 Flats
Tokyo Parlor
3 Flats
OrientalCultureBook Co.
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
3 Flats
Dw
elling
The P
lantation
Seiki Bros.
Rooms
Dw
elling
Jimbo’s B
op C
ityN
ightclub
Travel Service
entry
Tani Shoe Rep
air
9 Flats
Manfar Low
N.B. DepartmentStore
Sugar BowlGrill
Hosada B
rothersSem
be/Groceries
Hideshim
aE
mp
lyoment A
gency
Hosoi
Em
broidery
Hokubei M
ainichi New
spap
er
JerusalemChurch of
God in Christ
Minato
Shokudo
Shed
Garage
Office
Azum
aya Tofu Co.
8 Apartments
HyotanBand
Kono’sBarberShop
Tiger C
afe
Taiyo Trading Co.
Yoshida Insurance
Uoki, K
. SakaiC
o. Grocery
Fuji Hotel
Pioneer Radio & TV
ItataniOptometrist
EvergreenFountain
Mary’s BeautySalon
Kogo Co.
NipponPool Room
HonnamiTaiedo
(dry goods)
MinakinRestaurant
MiyakoRestaurant
Bochow Hotel
Mikado Hotel
Ken’sBarberShop
Soko Nichibei K
ai
TempuraHouse
Nagoya H
otel
Com
munity H
ouse(Reform
ed Church)
Garage
3 FlatsStore
Takahashi Trading Co.
Takenaega Chiryo-In
T. Takeda PainterP
ost Shoe Rep
air
NakagawaShonin-Kan
Udo Apartments
Post P
ool Hall
NJAHS’s location today
Transbay Federal Savings & Loan(pioneer African American lender)
Flats
FlatsStore
Rooms orApartments
DwellingStore
Soo Chow
Restaurant
3 Flats
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
(sold in 1955 toMount Pilgrim
MissionaryBaptist Church)
Stores
Jimm
y’s
Bar
ber
Shop
Dwelling
Dwelling
Dwelling & Store
Rooms Above
SokoHardware
FlatsStore
Murata Insurance
Dw
elling
Dw
elling/ Store
ApartmentsAbove
Dwelling
Dwelling
J/A P
ublishing Association
Progressive N
ews P
rinting Co.
GymP
ost Market
Motonari C
hiryo-In
Fuji Framing Shop
25 Units
Five StarFountain
Gosha-Do BookstoreSanko Shoji Co.
Otafuko-Tei
Dw
elling
Buchanan Pool Hall
LuckyBait Shop
Dwelling
Store
Dw
elling
Mt Trinity
BaptistChurch
(later Ginza
Sukiyaki) Dw
elling
180718111813-13A1801 1745-49
17431739
17351731-29
17251723-21
17191715
171317091707
1703-01
17001700A17161734174617601774-1778
1780-1784
1786-1790
1798
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1550
1546
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1540
1530-32
1524-28 1518-22 15001512-16
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16611663
16491651
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1622-321612
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1598
162316251625A
1639
16471647A1647B
16151615A
1603
1601
1547
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1541
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169216941698
16191619-13
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1600
1620
1624
1628
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16401642
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1650
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1684
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17181722
17321724-26
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1600
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163216301628
1650
163816361634
164416421640
183518691873
188118831885
188118831885
188718891891
189318951897
1609.51609160716051603
1602
1604
1606
1762
1756
17321734
1734
22B
2B
11B
2B
2B2-3
80’spire
50’ peak
3B
3B3B
3B3B
1
13
11
3B
11
3
1 111
3B 2B 2B
2B
3
2B
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3B3B
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3
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2B
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2B 2B2B
2B2B
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2B3
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140’3
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3B
3B3B
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11
3
Block 700(943)
Block 685(943)
Block 686(930)
Block 699
WE
BS
TE
R
POST
BU
CH
AN
AN
LA
GU
NA
POST
GEARY
East edge ofWebster Street
today
North edge of Geary Expressway today
Peace Pagodatoday
Peace Plazatoday
SUTTER
BuchananMall today
Demolished 1959-1960
Returning Nikkei businesses were scattered as far south as Fulton St. after WWIIbut gradually condensed back to Post and Buchanan, by the late ‘50s.
Benkyo-D
o Co.
(manju shop)
2nd floor courtyardabove parking
Atrium (enclosed) Atrium (enclosed)
Hokubei
Mainichi
Suehiro Restaurant
Redevelopment Area A-2 (1960s-now)
Redevelopment Area A-1 (1959-2001)
1968 Businesses Shown in Kintetsu MallMIYAKO MALL 1970 BUSINESSES
Corporate Ownership
to Kinokuniya Building(tentants not known)
Maki-yaFlorist
Suehiro Restaurant
GalleryKabutoya
MIYAKO MALL1968 BUSINESSES
PER SFRAPRESS PACKET
4B1B
155’ tower
Rooms
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dwelling
Dwelling
Store
2 Flats
2 Dw
ellings
1
Rooms
8 Apartments
3 Flats
3 Flats
3 Flats
4 Flats
6 Flats
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
H E M L O C K
2
1701
Church(Sanborn notes)
Pool
PeacePagoda
Pool Pool
JAC
L National
Headquarters
Soko Nichiren-K
aiH
okka Nikkeijin-K
ai
Rooms
MaruwaSupermarket
Akana& LeeFlorist
C. KimCards
OK
T A
dvancedM
aterials
Beauty
Salon
Canopy
The Heart of San Francisco’s Nihonmachi in 1970
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Rooms
Dw
elling
Store
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dwelling
Dwelling
Dwelling
17 units
Rooms
Rooms
Chinese Rest.
Store &Restaurant
Store
9 Apartments
Dw
ellingRestaurant in Basem
ent
3 Flats
3 FlatsStore in Basem
ent
2-F.
3 Flats
4 Flats3B
3-FlatsStore in Basement
Mount PilgrimMissionary
Baptist Church(African American)
Youth Center
Jerusalem Church
of God in Christ
(African American)
Vacantdam
aged by fire
JapaneseConsulateGeneral
Book
Storage 3 Flats
RestaurantD
welling
Church
Store in Bst.Dwelling
4 Dwellings
Store in Bst.Rooms
Dw
elling
Uoki K
. Sakai Co.
Japanese G
rocery
2 FlatsStore in B.
1 Dw
elling
Store
2 Dw
ellings
Gas &Oil
Store
Den’s Auto Service
House of Im
ports
Imp
erial Imp
orts
Fuji Electronic
Service
Soo Chow
Resetaurant
Gosha-D
oB
ookstore
Yano Hardw
ood Floor Service
Nisei B
arber ShopSoko H
ardwareToraya
Restaurant
Nip
pon &
Am
erica NishikiCocktailLounge
MiyakoRestaurant
Oriental C
ultureB
ook Store
Evergreen Fountain
Nichi BeiDepartment
Store
Mary’s BeautySalon
HisagoRestaurant
Benkyodo Co.Bakery & Cafe
Otafuku-Tei
Fuji-ya Rest.Radio New Japan
Sowan Tottori Kenjin-Kai
HonnamiTaiedo
Toraya Apartments
Mim
atsuR
estaurant
Japan
Trading Co.
also: Kinmon Camera ClubSowan Kagoshima Kenjin-Kai
Hiroshima Nikkeijin-KaiShinsei Band
Kono’s
Barber Shop
Seiki Hardw
are&
Ap
pliance
Club
Kyoto
NEW 1970 BUSINESSES:Gallery KabukiyaOhja Cocktail LoungeNiagara Cyclo-MassageNissan Motor Corp. (Datsun)Oyster Pearl DisplayTokyo ElectronicsO-Cha-Ya
KINOKUNIYA BUILDINGKinokuniya BookstoreGallery DoShinjuku BarTomiko BarOsaka-ya RestaurantHouse of PillowsKiosk Corp. of AmericaKikkoman InternationalNaris CosmeticsCrocker National Bank
Pinocchio Children’s ShopRovere Bridge ClubSF Federal Savings & LoanShowa Travel ServiceSino JewelryT. Okamoto InsuranceThai Thai BoutiqueZen Hair StylesJim’s DrugsSakuraya RestarantKyo’s Jewelry
Church Offices
Gym
inBasem
ent
Aki Travel ServiceBonsai by KayGinza BarberGinza BazaarIchiban ShopEdoyaJakima Palace of CardsU-N-O Trading Co.Kabuki Cocktail LoungePaper Tree Stationery
Cleared forW
ebster Streetw
idening
Murata
Pearls
Mikado(J.C.
TradingInc.)
Japan Trade Center
K.Y. Liquors
MikadoGift Shop
HitatchiLimited
Showroom
City of O
sakaE
xhibits
Nissan M
otor Corp
.D
atsun Auto
Showroom
Kinki N
ipp
onTourist C
o.(K
intetsu Travel)
JapanNationalTouristOrg.
(Ground Floor)
IkenokoIkebanaSociety
ServiceElevator
Miseki
Jewelry
Misa’sBoutique
HandicraftDemonstration
Jim’s Drugs
3B E
nterpries
Grocery
Ho Chan(Gifts, Art Goods& Takeout Foods)
Bank of Tokyo Offices(1st & 2nd Floors)
Japan Trading
Com
pany
(arts, crafts,appliances)
Thai Thai Boutique(1st Floor)Japan Golden Carp Co.(1st Floor)
Omi’s Bonsai Plants(1st Floor)
JapaneseVillageStore(gifts)
Kabuki
Cocktail Lounge
TaguchiJew
elry
Sam C
hunC
loissone
GinzaBazaar(1st Floor)
1611.5
1817 18151815A
1823
18251825A1825B
1600
162616241622
163216301628
1650
163816361634
164416421640
183518691873
188118831885
188118831885
188718891891
189318951897
22B
2B
11B
2B
2B
2-3
80’spire
50’ peak
3B
3B3B
3B3B
2B
2B1
2B
2B
22B
2B3
2
2
3B
3B
1
1
31 1
2B 2B
2B
2
2B
223
1
1B
1B
2B3
1B 13.5
1
12
12
3
212B
2
3
2B
3
2B
1
1
1
2B2B
2B
1
2
3B
3B
3B
3B
2B
40’
3
Block 685
Block 686(ex 930)
1968
WE
BS
TE
R
POST
BU
CH
AN
AN
LA
GU
NA
GEARY EXPRESSWAY
SUTTER
HistoricBuchanan Street
Hist
oric
east
edge
of
Web
ster
Str
eet
Historic north edge of Geary Street
PEACEPLAZA
RestRoom
s
Japanese Cultural & Trade Center–Kintetsu Mall (Kintetsu Corp.)
180718111813-1813A
1801
1745-491743
17391735
1731-291725
1723-211719
1715
1713-09
1707
1703-01
17001700A17161732174617601774-78
1780-1784
1786-1790
1798
1692
1694
1698
16191619-13
1609.5
1609160716051603
1611
1600
1602
1604
1606
1620
1624
1628
1632-36
16401642
1644-48
1650
1656
1662-70
1672
1676-78
1684
1686-90
1710-141706-08
1718-161722
17321724-26
1764
1797
1795
1785
1783
1773
1771
1765
1763
1759
1745-51
1737-39
17251727
17291731
17331735
1672A
16801734
16011625
17541762
Japanese Cultural& Trade Center
Miyako Mall(National Braemar Corp.)
22 Peace Plaza East
Miyako Hotel(Kintetsu Corp.)
Miyako HotelBarber Shop
Miyako HotelBeauty Salon
Meeting Rooms
loading dock & kitchens below
Meeting Rooms
Miyako HotelEntry Court
JapaneseGardens
MitsubishiExhibition
Center
TeaHouse
Bridge
Korean Stores& Doctors Offices
Garage Entrance
Bridge toKinokuniya
Building
Vacant (1st Floor)
Galerie Voyage
May’s CoffeeShop
Kintetsu Restaurant Mall
KevinMurano’sBowlingSupplies(closed)
Pizza
Sushi
Korean AmericanChamber ofCommerce ofSan Francisco
Garage Entrance
Redevelopment Area A-2 (1960s-now)
Redevelopment Area A-1 (1959-2001)
MaruwaSupermarket
Fountain
Stage
(S. F. Recreation& Parks Dept).
HEMLOCK
PeacePagoda
The Heart of San Francisco’s Nihonmachi in 2000
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Hotel Rooms
National Jap
aneseA
merican H
istoricalSociety (N
JAH
S)
Jim’s Drugs
Skylit Atrium
Tori Gate
SFPD Koban(vacant)
Nihonmachi signbased on traditionalvillage watch tower
IrohaRestaurant
vacant (exOkabe Sports)
TanpopoRestaurant
SankyoDry Goods
Japantown Task ForceJapanese American
Religious FederationBenevolent Society
of CaliforniaVideoRental
Books &Magazines
4 Flats
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
2 Dw
ellings
Nichi B
ei Kai
(Japan America Club)
Japanese A
merican
Citizen’s League (JA
CL)
National H
eadquarters
Soto Zen MissionSokoji Buddhist
Temple
Parking Lot forTemple & Kimochi
6 Flats
Dw
elling
2 Dw
ellings
Japan Town Bowl(Kintetsu Corp.)
Bowling Alleys on 2 floors(closed 9/20/2000)
Nihonmachi Apartments(42 units)
Reserved Parking & Evening Public Parking(Nihonmachi Parking Corporation)
patios over parking
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
2nd floor courtyardabove parking garage
Benkyo-doBakery & Cafe
Toraya Apartments17 units
KimochiSenior Services
Sanppo SushiRestaurant
Mizani, YujiLaw Offices
Offices
Denny’sRestaurant
Paper TreeStationery& Offices
Sushi A Restaurant& Offices
USA Karaoke Box(in basement)
Sharaku(clothing &
instruments)
Hokkubei M
ainichiT
he Beam
, Web Jap
anR
adio Mainichi
& related offices
Korean Restaurant& Offices
TorayaR
estaurant
ResistanceClub Cello(Korean Club)
Soko InteriorsLaw
& M
edical Offices
Korean Videos
Uoki K. SakaiJapaneseGrocery
2 FlatsSan Wong
Chinese Restaurant
Hair &
Nail C
are
Watahan N
oharaIm
port/ E
xport
Korea H
ouse Restaurant
New
Korea H
ouseR
estaurant
Dentist
Fujiya Shiseido
RadissonMiyako Hotel(Kintetsu Corp.)
Lobby
Hotel Loading Dock & Kitchens Below
Meeting Rooms
Miyako HotelEntry Court
JapaneseGarden
courtyard
California B
ankB
ank & Trust
above & below
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Orange Tree
Boutique
Marie Antoinette Bakery
BRIDGEOn the Bridge RestaurantAsakichi (Iron, Bronze, Incense)Asakichi KimonosShige KimonoInt’l. Art Guild GalleriesKimochi Senior Lounge
Soko Hardw
are
Klara’s TravelBJ CreationsSally’s Salon
Printing Plantin basement
Public & Reserved Parking(Nihonmachi Parking Corporation)
Dw
elling
Dw
elling
Former Namiye MurayamaKinmon Maternity Hospital
(building moved from 1624 Post)
Miyako
Restaurant
Murata
Pearls
Locus (Asian A
rts Venue)
OrigamiFountain
Juno Collection
Clothing
Mifune DonRestuarant
NikkeiTraditions
Takera Sushi& Seafood
Um
eko Japanese
Seafood Buffet
Ichiban KanDifferent Things
GenjiAntiques(1st Floor)
Union Bankof California
(1st Floor) Union BankHospitality RoomVacantBeautriumBeauty Shop(1st Floor)
KabukiKaraoke
Club
Seoul Garden
Restaurant
MikadoKid’s
Corner
Benihana of Tokyo Restaurant
TokyoM
otor Trens
KintetsuInternat’lExpressTravel
User’s Side
Com
puters
The OmadakaClothing
MikadoGift Shop
MikadoLaserJapan
Murata’s
Cafe H
ana
OsakayaRestaurant
TaiyodoRecords
MisekiJewelers
Loading Dock& Street Entry
Pedestrian Overpass
SakuraSakura
Daikoku
by Shiki
IsobuneSushi
JapanVideo
AutoFreak
(Ground Floor)
(Ground Floor)
Vacant
Club Nishiki &Sonic Thai Karaoke
(2nd Floor)
1st Floor & Basem
ent
MifuneRestaurant
Kushi TsuruRestaurant
Mr. Dandy
IkenokoIkebanaSociety
ServiceElevator
OrigamiFountain
VacantW
.O.N
.G.
Building
Seiki-Lee Building:
Skylit Atrium
(moved in 2002 to JACL building)
Japanese American Community and Cultural Centerof Northern California, and Japantown YWCA
Raddison Miyako Inn Super MiraMarket1745-49
17431739-35
17311717
1715
17221732
1724-261764
1760
1785
1783
1773
1771
1765
1763
1759
1745-51
1739
17251727
17291731
17331735
1707
1701
17001702173217461760
1600
1620
16241626
1628
1632-36
16401642
1644-48
1650
1656
1662-70
1672
1698
1678
180718111813-13A1801
1701
1619
1691
1798
1684
1690
1815
4B1B
155’ tower
22
2
2B 2B
2B1B
2B
3 2
40’
3
2B
1B
2B
3
2
B
2.5
2
2
1
12
3
23 3 3
2
2
2
2 2B 2B
3B
2
22
2
2B 2B
2B
Block 700(943)
Block 685( )
Block 699
Block 686
Historic east edge of W
ebster Street
Historic north edge of Geary Street
HistoricBuchanan
Street
WE
BS
TE
R
POST
BU
CH
AN
AN
MA
LL
LA
GU
NA
SUTTER
PEACE PLAZA
Historic north edge of Geary Street
GEARY EXPRESSWAY
Kui Shin B
oR
estaurant
RestRoom
s
Japan Center–Kintetsu Mall(Developed and Owned by Kintetsu Corp.)
Japan Center–Miyako Mall(Developed by National Braemar Corp., now owned by Kintetsu Corp.)
Hon Mi Gift CenterDo Re Mi MusicPost Dry CleanersCrown BakeryHair in Design88 VideoFutaba Hair SalonSeiki PlumbingKawakami Trading2 ChiropractorsCPA & Law Offices