Japanese town in San Francisco

The Japanese town of San Francisco is called "J-Town" or "Little Osaka". They call it "Little Osaka" because San Francisco entered a city sister relationship with Osaka (third biggest city of Japan).

It is the biggest Chinatown of the United States and includes 24 blocks. The main thoroughfare is at the post street and is called "dragon's gate", which was built in 1970.

There were 2 catastrophes in the "life" of the Japanese town: World War 2 and a earthquake in 1906. The people who live there say, that the Japanese town that we know is only a shadow of what it was before Wolrd War 2.

In J-Town, there live nearly 80.000 people, so it is the biggest Japanese community outside of Asia.
Even in bad times, there come very much tourists to Chinatown. Even more than to the Golden Gate Bridge.
"If you walk along the bush street, you will feel like being in Honk Kong. Espeacially when you see the McDonalds sing with Japanese signs next to it." Thats what most of the tourists say about the Chinatown of San Francisco.