Business owners talk surviving and thriving in remaining Bay Area Japantowns

i always visit daiso when im there. i love Japantown

Love Japan town, the people, the businesses, the food! Lovely! Best accommodations!

I'm Chinese...but love me some Japan!

I went to Japantown hardware store in SF. They have lots of innovative, space-saving items. ❤

There isn't enough seating in the general areas near Mochill, Matcha, and the upstairs Crepe place!!!

Tough time for small business in pro criminal environment. Good luck 👍

Tech, San Francisco shopping districts and "face recognition" - individual retail stores generate a registration/membership data base; plus establishment entry locks that function with uploaded photos, and registered individual recognition. A "free enterprise" version of "social credit ratings", that is a milder version of martial law intervention.

The law is killing off asian market

San Francisco clean up the crime It's too amazing to lose Wake up

my observation is that younger generations of Japanese people do not want to be involved in Japantown anymore. If you look at the interviews of the shop owners, a large portion of the owners are no longer japanese. I am not saying that is right or wrong. But the lack of interest and the dispersal of the subesequent japanese american diaspora, will likely be the demise of the various Japantowns. There is definatly an interest in Japanese culture and food in the US, but those things are no longer focused in Japantowns.

I think the Moshi owners will do well because they are a niche product and it's fresh food they are making. But it's doomsday for regular eateries and such. Only the few will survive. Who wants to run a business in the crime infested Frisco?

time go go. not worth stayiing

the illegal lockdowns cleared it out

There is no rebirth its still a death that,will last,years. They act like things are back to normal ahahah

The greedy landlords are mostly to blame.

No need to fear Breed Spending $800million on homeless non profits that,will waste it on themselves and the tourism associtaion sill spend twns of million to beg people to come visit SF

Jtown in LA is dead already

California Dems do not want the middle class in this state. They want poor, helpless individuals to not trust each other and follow the leader.

Just leave. Democrats tax too high

They will let the business dry, stop tourism and people with families move out, but not stop funding activists and non "profits" for on purpose homelessness on streets. I mean how would you control the drug junkies trashing and yelling on each street.