SF’s Japantown
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Shiz Mihara, Japantown’s mom, passes at 99
July 31, 2025 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Japantown’s resident mom, Shizuko Kawai Mihara, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the morning of July 2 at the age of 99, just short of her 100th birthday. The […] READ MORE
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June 26, 2025 by Nichi Bei News
The Buchanan YMCA Japanese Cultural Community Forum will run from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Buchanan YMCA, at 1530 Buchanan St. in S.F. “Connect with the Japantown community for […] READ MORE
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The End of an Era: Japan Video and Media closes after four decades
June 5, 2025 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Japan Video and Media held its last day of business after the Memorial Day weekend on May 27, closing after more than 40 years of business and outlasting the beta, […] READ MORE
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‘Japantown Community Benefit District J-Town Community Clean-Up’
May 22, 2025 by Nichi Bei News
The Japantown Community Benefit District J-Town Community Clean-Up will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in Osaka Way in S.F.’s Japantown. Limited to 30 volunteers so organizers can provide […] READ MORE
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Nihonmachi Street Fair’s ‘Our Community Our Pride’
April 24, 2025 by Nichi Bei News
Nihonmachi Street Fair will host “Our Community Our Pride” from 1 to 3 p.m. in S.F. Japantown’s Osaka Way. The event will kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage […] READ MORE
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Irodori serves up Korean and Japanese fare
April 10, 2025 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Osaka Way in San Francisco’s Japantown gets a new Korean and Japanese restaurant as Kippu’s owners take over DooBu’s space two doors down. Irodori formally opened the week of March […] READ MORE
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Open letter to readers of the Nichi Bei News: RE Osaka Way Upgrades Project
April 10, 2025 by Nichi Bei News
Earlier this year, the Japantown Task Force hosted a community briefing on the Osaka Way Upgrade Project at the KOHO Co-Creative Arts Hub in the Japan Center Mall. At that […] READ MORE
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‘Spring JTown Musicfest’
March 27, 2025 by Nichi Bei News
SF Japan Center Mall merchants will host the Spring JTown Musicfest at the Hotel Kabuki parking lot off of Post St. in S.F.’s Japantown from noon to 5 p.m. Line-up: […] READ MORE
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Retraction of offer
March 27, 2025 by Masako Takahashi
Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent in response to the “Restore the jewel of Japantown — Ruth Asawa’s legacy” commentary published in the Feb. 27, 2025 issue of the […] READ MORE
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Restore the jewel of Japantown — Ruth Asawa’s legacy
February 27, 2025 by Masako Takahashi
I’m sorry it took me so long to learn about and join Ruth Asawa’s family in trying to get her wonderful Origami Fountains working again. What started as a project […] READ MORE
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