the heart of san francisco’s nihonmachi (japantown) golden...

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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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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

i Pool H

allK

ameoka E

mp

loyment

Agency

Usui-ShotaG

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

Nakata Fruits

& VegetablesA

oyagi-teiR

estaurant

Mutual Sup

ply C

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porter)

Hori E

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loy-m

ent Agency

Kariya-doko B

arber

Store

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 700(943)

Block 685(943)

Block 686(930)

Block 699

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BU

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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.

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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



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


SundaySchool

entry gate

Flats

NakagawaShoninkanDry Goods

FlatsStore

Rooms orApartments

DwellingStore

Dw

elling

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Block 699

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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



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

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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


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

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1604

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2B

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80’spire

50’ peak

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13

11

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3

1 111

3B 2B 2B

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3

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11

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3B3B

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3

Block 700(943)

Block 685(943)

Block 686(930)

Block 699

WE

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POST

BU

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LA

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POST

GEARY


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



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

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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

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1684

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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



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

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1763

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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


HistoricBuchanan

Street

WE

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BU

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PEACE PLAZA


GEARY EXPRESSWAY

Kui Shin B

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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

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