Japantown, San Francisco
Japantown
日本町 | |
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View from Kabuki Hotel facing west. Below is the Japan Center and Peace Pagoda | |
| Nickname(s): Little Osaka, | |
| Coordinates: 37°47′06″N 122°25′47″W / 37.7851°N 122.4298°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| City-county | San Francisco |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Dean Preston |
| • Assemblymember | Matt Haney (D) |
| • State senator | Scott Wiener (D) |
| • U.S. rep. | Nancy Pelosi (D) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.036 sq mi (0.09 km2) |
| • Land | 0.036 sq mi (0.09 km2) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,397 |
| • Density | 39,000/sq mi (15,000/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 94115 |
| Area codes | 415/628 |
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Japantown (Japanese: 日本町, Hepburn: Nihonmachi), 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.