Gourmet Japantown/Fillmore at Japantown

3 hour walking tour of San Francisco’s Japantown and Fillmore St

Saturdays at 1:00 pm (Wednesdays in Summer)

Flat route, approximately 1 mile long, with limited seating

7 stops, with tastings at each (enough food for lunch!)

Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required

Begins and ends at Japantown Center (10 minutes or less from downtown SF)

$68 per person

Tour Description

There is no better place to enjoy authentic Asian cuisine in America than in San Francisco. Beginning in the Gold Rush years, Asian immigrants have settled here and opened restaurants and markets from Chinatown to Japantown to Little Saigon. This tour will lead guests from San Francisco’s historic Nihonmachi, the country’s largest and oldest Japantown, to the Fillmore, with its bebop jazz heritage and upscale boutiques.

In between street food bites, you’ll learn about the history of the Japanese in San Francisco and the growth of ethnic cuisine. While visiting a classic Korean market, you’ll be taken back to the Fillmore of the 1950s and 60s when city dwellers flocked here for ice skating, movies, amusement park rides and, of course, jazz. The tour will visit Pacific Heights on Fillmore where, according to Gourmet Magazine, “fashion and funk meet, and everyone comes to eat.”

Tastings

Thai specialties Miang kham and potato curry puffs

Gourmet onigiri, a popular Japanese snack food

India’s most popular street beverage, masala chai

Kimbap (Korean sushi) from an authentic Korean market

Banh mi sandwiches, San Francisco's latest "It" lunch item

Fresh assorted mochi and green tea

Hot taiyaki, Japanese waffles filled with chocolate

Tastings subject to change without notice. Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated.

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Japantown

San Francisco, CA

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