When you Go Local in the Fillmore, you get to explore a hub of history, music and culture. The neighborhood has hosted ...

Japantown is only made up of a few blocks, but it's packed with so much to do and eat that it would take multiple days and a detailed spreadsheet to check out all of its stores, cafes, and restaurants ...

Utah's Japanese community as well as Japantown redevelopment plans will be the focuses of Nihon Matsuri, the annual Japan ...

History records reveal that some of the first Japanese to step foot in Utah happened in 1871. That’s nearly 25 years after ...

Nihon Matsuri festival, longtime Japantown residents and leaders wondered about the effects of Salt Lake City's sports district.

The long-running Nikkei Matsuri festival in San Jose’s historic Japantown and the music-filled SoFA Street Fair in downtown ...

S ince the 1960s, Japantown’s beloved Peace Plaza has been shut off from Geary Boulevard, blocked behind a retaining wall. But construction to overhaul the plaza just began, and after a two-year ...

May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. One local nonprofit is once again hosting a 5K run/walk in San Francisco this weekend. “Our ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Thousands of people were filling the streets of San Francisco's Japantown for the 58th annual Cherry Blossom Festival. The event is a big boost to some small business owners ...

Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. In July 2025 the first ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's Japanese community and Japanese culture are the focus of a festival Saturday that will also serve to call attention to proposed redevelopment plans in the Japantown area ...