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The buck(wheat) stops here: Soba Dining Sora opens in S.F.’s J-Town
December 18, 2025 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Soba Dining Sora opened to the beat of El Cerrito’s Oh-In Taiko to serve up fresh 100% buckwheat noodles to those hungry for authentic Japanese cuisine in San Francisco’s Japantown. […] READ MORE
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San Jose to study reforming historic preservation rules
December 18, 2025 by San Jose Spotlight
By Keith Menconi San Jose Spotlight San Jose has taken the first step in a likely lengthy process to revamp the city’s approach to historic preservation. Councilmembers have outlined reform […] READ MORE
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Japantown Community Business District clean-up
December 4, 2025 by Nichi Bei News
The Japantown Community Business District will host a clean-up of S.F.’s Japantown from 10 a.m. to noon in Osaka Way. “The cleanup group will meet at Osaka Way to receive […] READ MORE
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Nikkei gift ideas
November 20, 2025 by Derek Tahara, Nichi Bei News
With the holiday rush approaching, people may consider purchasing gifts for loved at San Francisco and San Jose Japantowns. San Francisco’s Japantown Chameleon Vintage Chameleon Vintage, which is located on […] READ MORE
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Little Friends, Big Accomplishments: S.F. Japantown preschool at 50
November 6, 2025 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
For 50 years, Nihonmachi Little Friends has served as a cultural hub for parents seeking a culturally sensitive preschool in San Francisco’s Japantown. Hitting the half-century mark, the organization is […] READ MORE
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Soko Hardware celebrates 100 years in Japantown
October 23, 2025 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Certificates and a proclamation from the city announcing Sept. 27 as Soko Hardware Day now adorn the wall near the entryway for the shop, and it only took 100 years […] READ MORE
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San Jose grapples with preserving its past
September 25, 2025 by San Jose Spotlight
By Brandon Pho San Jose Spotlight With a Japantown family-run business on the brink, a debate over historic preservation has San Jose in a headlock — preserve the past at […] READ MORE
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SJ restaurant closure is symptomatic of larger problem
September 11, 2025 by San Jose Spotlight
By Brandon Pho San Jose Spotlight Jtown Pizza Co. is shuttering after six years in Japantown, with its owners buried in debt from city red tape over historic buildings. The […] READ MORE
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Discussions on improvements for SLC Japantown Street continues
September 11, 2025 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Efforts to improve Salt Lake City’s Japantown Street continues a year after the city signed an agreement with the Smith Entertainment Group in July of last year. Through a collective […] READ MORE
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S.F. agrees to end debarment proceedings against nonprofit Providence Foundation after civil settlement
September 11, 2025 by Bay City News
Editor’s Note: The Providence Foundation also ran an emergency shelter-in-place hotel out of The Kimpton Buchanan Hotel in San Francisco’s Japantown during the pandemic. By Thomas Hughes Bay City News […] READ MORE
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