SF News Second SF Spa in Two Weeks Has Transgender Patron Controversy, But Quickly Changes Its Policy Japantown’s Korean spa Imperial Day Spa is the latest bathhouse facility with an uproar over where transgender patrons fall in its gender policy, though right before a planned Monday protest, the spa announced it would just go with customers’ chosen gender identity.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Husband and Wife Chef Team Behind Michelin-Starred Marlena Return With 7 Adams, Opening Tonight The much anticipated return of chefs David Fisher and Serena Chow Fisher, taking over a cozy Japantown space, arrives this week, but the new restaurant is not exactly Marlena part 2.
SF News Friday Night Japantown Fire Displaces 2 People, 1 Dog Firefighters rescued a German Shepherd from a structure fire at 2143 Pine Street, a four-story, multiresidential building, although no injuries (canine or otherwise) were reported.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Copra, a Southern Indian Food Destination From a Michelin-Star Chef, About to Make Its Debut on Lower Fillmore A much anticipated new Indian restaurant is getting ready to open in the splashy former Dosa space at the corner of Fillmore and Post streets, and it's just gotten a full makeover.
SF News Fallen Tree Crushes Car Near Japantown; Tree Falls on Muni Bus Near Union Square A big tree fell over Tuesday next to the Hamilton Playground and tennis courts on Post Street between Pierce and Steiner, totaling a parked car and temporarily blocking part of the street.
SF News SFPD Arrests Two Teens For Fatal Shooting of Japantown Security Guard A 15-year-old and a 14-year-old are in custody for the Wednesday night shooting of a security guard at the Japantown mall, who was declared dead at the scene shortly after SFPD arrived.
SF News Five Hospitalized For ODs on Christmas After Reportedly Doing Contaminated Cocaine at Japantown Residence Five people were hospitalized, two of them in critical condition, after they all apparently suffered accidental overdoses inside a residence on Japantown's main drag on Christmas Day.
SF News Japantown Peace Plaza Redesign Gets $6 Million Boost From the State Assemblymember Phil Ting brought home the bacon Tuesday, announcing $6 million in state funding to revitalize Japantown Peace Plaza, which hasn’t seen an upgrade in 20 years.
Arts & Entertainment Japantown Revels in Successful Return of Cherry Blossom Festival While there was no parade this year, the 55th annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival blossomed again, and every performance is available online so you can relive all the anime cosplay, Taiko Dojo, and swordsmanship.
SF News Tree Comes Crashing Down in Japantown During Early Morning Storms The badly needed rainstorms bring with them falling ficus trees, and this one did some serious damage to the Sutter Street sidewalk early Thursday morning.
SF News Preston Calls to Halt Japantown Hotel Conversion to Homeless Housing, Proposes Other Hotel Sites Many Japantown residents want no part of seeing a luxury hotel there converted to supportive housing. Their supervisor Dean Preston takes up their cause, earning him grief from across the housing discourse spectrum.
SF News Parolee Out On Bail Mugs Elderly Woman In Japantown, Apprehended After Security Guard Alerts Police There was yet another attack on an elderly Asian person in San Francisco on Tuesday, and the alleged perpetrator is now in jail — but it's also another case of a repeat offender who was out on bail at the time of his latest crime.
Arts & Entertainment 52nd Annual Cherry Blossom Festival Kicks Off Saturday in Japantown The annual celebration of hanami, the blossoming of cherry blossom trees that heralds the arrival of spring, begins Saturday in SF's Japantown with dozens of events and demonstrations.
SF News Motorcyclist Killed, Passenger Seriously Injured In Geary Boulevard Crash Officers investigating fatal traffic collision at Geary and Laguna. Streets blocked so best to avoid the area. pic.twitter.com/futnQAT3qN— SFPD Night Captains (@SFPDnightWatch) July 20, 2017 A motorcyclist who slammed into
SF News Woman Confronts Japantown-Area Car Robbers, Gets Punched A woman who returned to her vehicle as it was being robbed was beaten by the thieves, police say, and lost a laptop in the process. According to the San Francisco Police Department,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hello Kitty Cafe Truck Returns To SF This Weekend OMGGGG yet again, my friends. Just as it did last year and the year before that, the bright pink Hello Kitty Cafe truck is rolling on back into San Francisco in time for
Arts & Entertainment Where To See All The Pretty Cherry Blossoms In San Francisco It's cherry blossom season here in Northern California, just as it is in Washington D.C. and elsewhere where the trees are plentiful. And because of San Francisco's long ties with Japan, and
SF News Future Unclear For Sundance Kabuki Theater As Megachain AMC Approved To Buy Its Owner Sundance Kabuki Theater and its pleasant moviegoing experience — aided by the beer, wine, and cocktails available at certain of its screens — is potentially due for changes as the owner of the Sundance mini-chain,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Pescatarian-Friendly Ramen Spot Hinodeya Coming Straight From Japan to SF's Japantown Another ramen import from Japan, Hinodeya Ramen, is opening an American outpost here in San Francisco, and that is good news for ramen connoisseurs. As Hoodline tells us, the man behind the restaurant,
SF News Un-Chill Cottage Row Residents Object To Zen Garden Honoring Japanese Americans As 'Favoritism' With its 22 Victorian houses from the 1860s and 70s, the secluded pedestrian side street known as Cottage Row feels as if from another era. So, too, do area residents currently objecting to
SF News As An FBI Agent's Stolen Gun Is Retrieved, Three More Are Snatched From Car Parked Near Japantown What do you want first, the good news or the bad news? The good news is that a gun stolen from the parked car of an FBI agent was recovered Tuesday. The bad
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink OMFG Hello Kitty Food Truck Coming Back To SF! Omgggggggg Get ready to literally devour your favorite Sanrio character at the Hello Kitty Cafe food truck, which is coming back to San Francisco at long last to fill that little bow-shaped hole
SF News British Man Stabbed On Cathedral Hill Last Month Dies; Police Release Video Of Attack A brutal stabbing of a 44-year-old British man near the intersection of Franklin and Post on February 18 has become a homicide, and the SFPD is now seeking the public's help in apprehending
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Now Open At Former Ino Sushi Space In Japantown: Sushi An When famously fastidious and, yes, sometimes fascistic Ino Sushi closed in the Japantown Mall after 37 years, it left a small physical void to fill and a large emotional one. Tying to fill
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Beloved Tiny Sushi Bar, Ino Sushi, Closing Next Week After 37 Years Japantown mainstay Ino Sushi, famous in part for its fantastically fresh fish and in part for the gruff temperament of chef-owner Noboru Inoue, is closing its doors forever next week as Ino-san and
