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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Japantown is centrally located within a six-block area in the Western Addition neighborhood. The biggest landmark is Peace Plaza, a public park with a five-story pagoda that hosts fairs and festivals.

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands crowded San Francisco's Japantown on Sunday for the 58th annual Cherry Blossom Festival. Kiyomi Takeda, who's part of the festival's non-profit arm, said there was plenty for people to ...

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 ...

Patrons make their way around booths at the Nihon Matsuri Japan Festival in Salt Lake City on April 27, 2019. The annual free festival will take place again in Salt Lake City on Saturday. | Silas ...