The popular traveling neighborhood event is coming to the Western Addition with a climbing wall, book giveaway, and more.

Puzzle fans, rejoice: the popular live-action game company's new event space opens up more options for interactive, immersive gaming.

Four sumo wrestling champions took to Japantown's Peace Plaza this weekend to show off their award-winning moves.

"What are police doing about the encampments?" asked residents at last night's Northern District community meeting.

Ramen hunters, take heed: a piping hot new noodle shop has come to Japan Center.

The incumbent and challenger kept it civil, but a packed room of spectators cheered openly for their favorite candidate.

Starting November 23rd, Hinodeya will introduce San Franciscans to a variety of Japanese ramen that has yet to make its way to the United States.

One pedestrian bridge near Japantown will be removed, but the Webster & Geary bridge is slated to stay put.

With communal bathing tubs, saunas and exfoliating treatments, the new spa offers women a combination of “Korean beauty style and American relaxation.”

Festival highlights include a tofu-eating contest, live music, and the raffling of a $1,500 Toto washlet toilet.

Castro-based filmmaker Abhi Singh's newest film examines Vau de Vire, a Mission circus troupe forced out by development.

The Bush and Franklin newcomer offers the expected sushi and sashimi offerings while weaving in seasonal Japanese specialties.

The plans for the line have been in the works for nearly a decade, but a group of staunchly anti-BRT merchants are now suing to stop construction from starting.

75 years after FDR's executive order, Japantown residents and community members told us stories of their lives under internment.

It's "not the average" Bay Area Indian restaurant, says owner Ajay Khadka.

Japantown has much to offer for lovers of Korean culture, from restaurants to skincare shops to a Korean-style spa.

Your guide to finding midnight sushi.

San Franciscans will soon be able to have their fill of Japanese desserts, including trendy taiyaki soft-serve cones.

From ice cream-stuffed donuts to raspberry rainbow popsicles, here's where to cool off as the weather heats up.

From the 50th cherry blossom festival to the 40th anniversary of ROOTS, there's plenty to celebrate this weekend.

The Mission's "friendliest custard purveyor" is gone, but East Coast-style sandwiches and a popular juice joint will be opening up soon.

A popular Berkeley dessert shop opens its first San Francisco location, Proper Foods adds a seventh location, and other food news.

Born out of writing workshops in the two neighborhoods, the new anthology will launch with readings at the Main Library this Sunday.

The spa, which opened in 1968, is one of the largest Japanese bathhouses in the country.

One of the two pedestrians is in life-threatening condition, while the other sustained a broken leg.

Dr. Togasaki recounts history as she lived it in this 1978 interview, from 1906, through job discrimination, internment camps, and much more.

55,000 commuters travel down Geary every day, but a plan to expedite that journey is facing opposition from the Fillmore community.

The San Francisco County Transportation Agency wants Geary commuters' input on a $30 million plan to redesign the corridor, which will include the demolition of two pedestrian bridges in Japantown.

Check out the latest from The New Fillmore for stories about local history, people and more.

Beginning tomorrow, Lt. Jennifer Jackson will assume the role of Acting Captain until a replacement is found.

A 22-year SFPD veteran, Jaimerena has pledged to reduce property theft and violent crime and enhance traffic safety.

A peek at the food, festivities, and intriguing street fashion at Japantown's big festival and parade.

A look at the oldest hardware store in Japantown, Alta Plaza Park's upcoming renovations, the history of a landmark cathedral, and more.

Nestled next to a row of historic houses, the small park creates a quiet space in a bustling neighborhood.

Ever wonder about the men and women in blue who patrol your neighborhood? Swing by La Boulangerie in Hayes Valley between 7:30 and 9:30am tomorrow for "coffee with a cop."

Dozens of floats will join this year's Pride Parade, including one that celebrates the city's central neighborhoods.

San Francisco's first "bullet train" sushi restaurant has opened in Japantown.

In the works for a decade, the city's 15th CBD spans seven blocks.

The CBD is a partnership between the city and neighborhood to fund "environmental and economic enhancements."

How about a sumo exhibition instead of football on Sunday?

Residents (and politicians) are wondering whether London Breed will run for mayor or remain a supervisor.

A man was wounded in the leg after hearing shots outside his home.

A tipster said the head-on collision appeared to follow a police chase.

The chain sells puffed cereal infused with liquid nitrogen called 'Dragon Breath.'

Breakfast/lunch spot Sweet Maple temporarily closed for renovations.

A café chain with roots in Honolulu is now serving matcha green tea soft-serve, shaved ice and more in Japantown.

A San Francisco Superior Court judge has dismissed claims that the city didn't adequately evaluate the alternatives to its plans for the Geary Bus Rapid Transit project.

Feel like channeling your inner pop star?

We've rounded up seven ways to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month this weekend.

Sweet or savory, San Franciscans like to get their crepe on.

The pools at Kabuki Springs are getting a much-needed makeover after 50 years of operation.

This is neighbors' last chance to weigh in on the first phase of the Geary Rapid Project, which will create new dedicated bus lanes and changes in bus stop locations.

The restaurant uses uses an imported high-speed train to deliver customers' dishes.

After years of planning and legislative action, the iconic venue's new sign is now in place.

We heard they serve a good cone; we heard they had a style.

Construction on the first phase of improvements to speed up the 38-Geary route started last week.

If you've seen something new in the neighborhood, text us your tips and photos.

Choices have been narrowed down to midori (green) or murasaki (purple).

Looking for the latest lowdown on San Francisco's restaurant scene?

The church will return to its original address in a shared space with condos.

We've partnered with local news station ABC7 for a weekly segment featuring some of the most interesting goings-on coming up each weekend, culled from our local coverage and events calendar.

Take a peek at this week's segment for a unique look at what's going on around the city this weekend.

Her husband helped injured people after the shooting.

"[Recognition as a Legacy Business] is a way to thank our original founders for their hard work," executive director Steve Ishii said.

The brand-new film festival will screen 25 short films from diverse female filmmakers, many of them local.

From a high-tech sushi bar to a karaoke lounge, read on for a list of the newest hotspots to open in San Francisco's Japantown.

This new eight-seat sushi bar in the Japan Center mall features a choice of three omakase menus.

From the baroque to Broadway, there's lots of options for music-lovers this week in San Francisco.

One fallen tree in the Lower Pacific Heights left three buildings temporarily without power, the San Francisco Fire Department said.

Take a photo tour of this year's festival, which marked 50 years of celebrations in Japantown.

Three pedestrians died on San Francisco's streets in May alone.

The victim was shot and killed in the early hours of Sunday morning.

This weekend's forecast is calling for sunny skies. Why not check out an anime festival or participate in a beach cleanup?

Plus: Salesforce Park gets a new lunch destination with Andytown Coffee Roasters

This weekend, shop for some handmade gifts, go on a bike ride or take a photo tour through the Sunset.

Here are five of our top picks for having some free and low-cost fun in San Francisco this weekend.

If ramen is what you're after, look no further than this new business.

Here’s what you can do in San Francisco this weekend.

The remaining 76 will be installed over the next few months in Lower Nob Hill, SoMa, and the Excelsior.

Whether you're a fetish enthusiast or a family-fun enthusiast, there's a fair for you in SF this weekend.

The first festive signs of the holiday season are starting to emerge, including an ice rink and a pair of gift fairs featuring local makers.

Credited as one of the first restaurants to bring shabu shabu to the Bay Area, Mums is ringing in its fifth decade as a newly appointed SF Legacy Business.

SF-based Real Escape Game, which was the first company to bring the popular Japanese trend to the U.S., is shutting down for good.

The driver, who joked about "incriminating himself" on social media, killed a 50-year-old father of two.

Built in 1962, the bridge is set to come down as part of the project to speed up the 38 and 38R-Geary buses.

With eight high-speed lanes, this stretch of Geary is considered a high-injury corridor by the city.

A pair of cherry blossom trees outside the Japanese Cultural and Community Center in San Francisco's Japantown won't be blooming this year after a vandal or vandals went to great efforts to rip all the branches off of them.

A priest has died of COVID-19 at Saints Peter and Paul Church in North Beach, 27-year-old Muddy's Coffee House has closed at 24th and Valencia, and an East San Jose gym that had remained open in defiance of health orders has temporarily closed.

Public Works just installed new cherry blossom trees on Sutter Street in Japantown, and they should be blooming by next spring’s Cherry Blossom Festival.

One of only two hotels in Japantown, the Kimpton Buchanan Hotel, has been identified as one of four properties around SF that the city hopes to purchase by the end of the year to turn into permanent homeless housing, but neighbors are pushing back.

Lena Turner would not let the Japantown mall closures end her run, as the 91-year-old has opened a new omakase spot Sushi Aoba.

If you love the Japanese rice cakes called mochi, early January is your last chance to get it at Japantown’s oldest business Benkyodo Company.

Japantown’s oldest business will survive a few months longer, as their previously announced January closure has been moved out to the end of March.

A new, still nameless, high-end Indian concept from Taj Campton Place chef Srijith Gopinathan and business partner Ayesha Thapar — who also opened the acclaimed Ettan in Palo Alto together — is coming to the former Dosa space.

A new restaurant with seating for just nine diners has opened under the radar in San Francisco’s Japantown offering Kappo-style dining at just one seating per night, for only nine guests at a time.

Kokak Chocolates founder Carol Gancia says she's looking forward to having more production space, and that she hopes to become part of the "treasure hunt" that is shopping in Japantown.

Fermentation Lab, the San Francisco gastropub that’s beloved for its pickled foods and occasional strong brews, will expand from its 6,000-square-foot mid-Market location and open another eatery in Japantown soon.

A Sunday afternoon one-alarm fire spread to both the first and second floors of the Buchanan YMCA in Japantown, and the facility that serves mostly seniors will remain closed until further notice.

A Japantown staple for the hot pot dish shabu shabu suddenly closed this weekend, as the 43-year-old Cafe Mums, also known as Mums – Home of Shabu Shabu, had its final day in business at Sutter and Buchanan Streets on Sunday.

The first weekend of this year’s Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival had Japantown tickled pink all weekend, and the festival continues next weekend, with the return of the famed parade that has not happened since 2019.

Experience the upscale cuisine of Michelin-starred chefs David and Serena Chow Fisher at their new Japantown project with Hi Neighbor Hospitality Group.