(The text for the San Francisco walking tour held on September 11, 2026.)<\/p>\n
Discover historic sites and businesses of the late 18th and early 19th century Japanese immigrant community with historian\/novelist Naomi.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Japantown Mysteries<\/em>\u00a0of Naomi Hirahara may be thrilling historical fiction, but the backdrop of her stories was the real Japanese-American communities of Los Angeles, Chicago, and the Bay Area. Naomi draws upon her experience as a novelist, journalist, and historian for a walking tour of downtown San Francisco to discover historic sites and businesses of the late 18th and early 19th century Japanese immigrant community.<\/p>\n Sources:<\/p>\n CROWN CITY: A Japantown Mystery<\/a> (Soho Crime) by Naomi Hirahara<\/p>\n \u201cCrossing and Dislocations: Toshio Aoki (1854-1912), A Japanese Artist in California<\/a>\u201d in Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide 11, no. 3 (Autumn 2012) by Chelsea Foxwell<\/p>\n ENTER A SAMURAI: KAWAKAMI OTOJIR\u014c AND JAPANESE THEATRE IN THE WEST, VOLUME ONE<\/a> (Wheatmart) by Joseph Anderson<\/p>\n \u201cConnections: A Family Tree of Japanese Design\u201d<\/a> in the Spring 2022 edition of Mill Valley Historical Society Review<\/em> by Steven Pitsenbarger<\/p>\n Ben Pease\u2019s map: Japanese Businesses in San Francisco\u2019s South of Market between 5th<\/sup>, 7th<\/sup>, Market & Mission Sts., circa 1900<\/a><\/p>\n SAN FRANCISCO\u2019S JAPANTOWN<\/a> (Arcadia Publishing) by Japantown Task Force, Inc.<\/p>\n \u201cSan Francisco\u2019s Prewar Japantown: The Shaping of a Community\u201d in National Japanese American Historical Society\u2019s Nikkei Heritage<\/em> (Summer 2000)<\/a> by Gary Kawaguchi and Shizue Seigel<\/p>\n Naomi\u2019s San Francisco-Connected Discover Nikkei Postcard History Essays:<\/p>\n