Western Addition is in San Francisco, stretching west from downtown's Civic Center area to Richmond, north of the Panhandle parkway that extends east from the Golden Gate Park between Oak and Fell Streets, and south of the Presidio and Laurel Heights.

Get in

Bus in from downtown on various Muni buses, especially the 38-Geary. or up the 22-Fillmore line.

This part of town is accessible by car and public parking lots are abundant compared to the surrounding neighborhoods. Though street parking can be slightly easier to find than many other areas of the City you should still allot 5 or more likely 10 minutes to your search for a space.

See

• Painted Ladies Victorian houses, especially the most-photographed set of neighbors by Alamo Square on Steiner at Hayes.
• Japantown Peace Park and shopping mall; Ruth Asawa's incredible wrought and cast bronze origami fountains on the Nihonmachi Pedestrian Mall.

Do

• The Fillmore Street Jazz Festival happens in July, with several music stages and a street arts fair to Fillmore Street between Jackson and Eddy.
• Juneteenth Festival -- San Francisco joins towns and cities across the US in celebrating the arrival of the news of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation on June 19, 1863. Juneteenth is a celebration of African-American culture as well as a celebration of freedom from slavery and remembrance of what it is to be free. In Kimball Park, at Geary and Steiner.

Eat

There are many many noodle shops and restaurants to explore in Japantown.

Check out fabulous BBQ along Fillmore Avenue south of Geary, in this traditionally multicultural part of town.

Drink

Sleep

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