SF’s Japantown
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Looking back and to the future: CANE celebrates 50th anniversary
August 31, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Just a decade after World War II, Japanese Americans in San Francisco faced another mass removal. In the name of urban renewal, the city of San Francisco demolished 60 blocks […] READ MORE
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A Soyful Experience: The 11th Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival
July 6, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
An energetic crowd, an eclectic collection of vendors, a variety of entertainers and, most importantly, a rare sunny but not so windy day on the San Francisco Peace Plaza blessed […] READ MORE
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‘Celebrating activism and community’ is theme of 50-year CANE anniversary on Aug. 19
June 22, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Anti-eviction protests by Japantown activists and residents to be commemorated In 1975 and 1976 in San Francisco, members of the Committee Against Nihonmachi Eviction (CANE) — tired of seeing residents […] READ MORE
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CAAMFest serves up sweet memories with ‘Benkyodo’
May 25, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Though the line did not extend around the block like the final days of the iconic Japanese confectionery, a crowd of guests lined up May 12 for Benkyodo, San Francisco’s […] READ MORE
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Hannah KC Mukai crowned 2023 Cherry Blossom queen
April 13, 2023 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Though the annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival moved its Queen Program out of Japantown to the Cowell Theater at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture April 8, […] READ MORE
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Cultural elements reinterpreted for Peace Plaza renovation
March 16, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department and the Japantown Task Force held a virtual community briefing Feb. 28 to discuss the cultural elements that will be implemented in the Japantown […] READ MORE
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Committee presents 12 notables for history mural as community debates
February 2, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
The San Francisco chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League held its fifth public meeting Jan. 30 on the proposed history mural at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of […] READ MORE
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S.F. J-Town mural team narrows down nominees for depiction amid criticisms
January 19, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
As the San Francisco chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League works to further its plans for a mural commemorating the history of the city’s Japantown, community members gathered for […] READ MORE
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SF: 17-year-old arrested in Muni attack that injured elderly woman
January 19, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Police have arrested a 17-year-old boy who allegedly kicked an elderly woman as he was getting off a Muni bus last month in San Francisco’s Japantown. Video of the incident […] READ MORE
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6 treated for possible overdoses on Christmas Day at Japantown home
January 5, 2023 by Nichi Bei News
Emergency crews treated six people on Christmas Day for possible drug overdoses at a home in San Francisco’s Japantown neighborhood. Firefighters responded at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 25 to a home […] READ MORE
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