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The Aki Hotel was located at 1651 Post Street and was run by the Ichiro Kataoka and his wife. Before the war the hotel was the unofficial home for the Japanese Consulate. Because of this and the fact that Ichiro was a leader of the Japanese community…

Many Japanese who wished to integrate themselves into American society would attend Americanization classes offered by local schools. One such school that was located near to Japantown was the Raphael Weill Center. The school was named after a…

The Azumaya Tofu Factory was one of the early tofu manufacturers in Japantown when it opened in 1937. Originally the factory was housed above the Uoki Sakai fish store off of Post Street, but by 1940 the factory had moved to a new location off of…

The Benkyodo Candy Factory is one of the oldest businesses in Japantown having opened in 1906 by Suyeichi Okamura shortly after the earthquake that devastated the original Japantown. Suyeichi ran the shop for a number of years specializing in…

A family standing out front of the Buddhist Church of San Francisco in 1934. The Buddhist Church was founded in 1898 and was the first Pure Land Buddhist Church in America. The Church was originally located at 807 Polk Street but was destroyed in the…

Houses along Bush Street in Japantown 1968.

Children playing in between apartments in Japantown in 1964.

The corner of Post and Buchanan Streets