Japantown Peace Plaza; Pagoda, 2. Royalty-Free Stock Image

Going back to the 1870`s, San Francisco`s Japan Town is the first in the United States. Initially in other parts of the city, it was because the devastating earthquake of 1906 that is was moved to the Western Addition. With the advent of WW2 and the internments of the Japanese Americans, even those born here, the neighborhood changed greatly by the end of the war.