Experience Japanese elegance and luxury right in downtown San Francisco in Nihonmachi (literally Japantown). Nestled within a residential neighborhood, Japantown features
boutique hotels, restaurants with authentic Japanese cuisine, sushi bars and shops featuring kimonos, tea ceremony utensils, handmade paper products, fashionable toys and even a branch of the largest Japanese bookstore chain, Kinokuniya. Japantown also celebrates a spectacular Cherry Blossom Festival every spring with live music, food booths, martial arts demonstrations and traditional clothing contests. Other cultural events throughout the year include an annual street fair held in August that is organized and run by Asian Pacific American youths.
