#japantown

#japantown

Jordan Trigg, who co-owns several Japantown businesses with his wife, Rina Trigg, has relinquished ownership of multiple parcels on the north side of East Taylor Street between North Fourth Street and North Fifth Street, according to Santa Clara County public records. Joe Jean, chief executive officer of J&J Acoustics, acted through an affiliate to gain control of the parcels at 165, 175, 181, and 193 East Taylor St., documents show.

Perched halfway across the span of a pedestrian bridge inside the Japan Center mall, there's a well-worn but charming restaurant where hundreds of tattered volumes of manga line the walls. In the kitchen, proud Japanese-American chef Mitsuhiro Nakamura spends three days preparing luscious pots of Shinjuku-style curry, to be ladled liberally over crispy chicken katsu and rice. Out front, his wife Yolanda takes orders and ferries plates of mentaiko spaghetti and okonomiyaki pizza to diners' tables.

We took a leap of faith and wanted to invest even more into the community after coming out of COVID,

"I'm working on a triple album," he said.

Join us for our annual summer festival of Japanese arts and culture with performances, workshops, and cultural demonstrations in San Francisco's Japantown.

Join us as we celebrate Children's Day at the Japantown Kodomo no Hi Festival, an engaging day filled with games, arts and crafts, and live entertainment.

"Finally we can open Soba in Japantown," Yonekura says. "We're so excited." This opening marks a significant expansion for the restaurant group.