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December 1 - 7, 2000
Japantown Bowl Saga Not Over Yet
From the outside, resignation seems to have set foot in Japantown — it appears the general consensus is that Japantown Bowl, the hub of social life in the neighborhood since 1976, is history.
Business owners and community leaders fear the bowling alley’s closure marks the demise of
“J-town” as a whole. Since Japantown Bowl shut its doors, patronage at nearby restaurants and shops and foot traffic at night has decreased dramatically, according to some locals.
“It sucks. Business is down,” said Bobby Okamura, whose family has owned Benkyodo mochi-coffee shop for half a century. “I grew up around that place. I was real sad but I’m getting use to it now.”
Singaporean University Students Seeking Community
(in National News)
Japantown Bowl Fight Not Over Yet
(in Bay Area News)
Vietnam: An Emerging Market
(in Business)
Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura
(in A&E)
Death and Birth of a Hood: Hunters Point
(in Opinion)
Japantown Bowl Saga Not Over Yet
From the outside, resignation seems to have set foot in Japantown — it appears the general consensus is that Japantown Bowl, the hub of social life in the neighborhood since 1976, is history.
Business owners and community leaders fear the bowling alley’s closure marks the demise of
“J-town” as a whole. Since Japantown Bowl shut its doors, patronage at nearby restaurants and shops and foot traffic at night has decreased dramatically, according to some locals.
“It sucks. Business is down,” said Bobby Okamura, whose family has owned Benkyodo mochi-coffee shop for half a century. “I grew up around that place. I was real sad but I’m getting use to it now.”
| Singaporean University Students Seeking Community (in National News) Japantown Bowl Fight Not Over Yet Vietnam: An Emerging Market Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura Death and Birth of a Hood: Hunters Point |
Also In This Section
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Coming Out, Coming Together
Changing Names:
S.F. Supervisor Leslie Katz spearheads effort to change part of Phelan Avenue to name it after a Filipino American civil rights activist.
Vietnamese American hailed as a “hero” for his airborne leaflet drop over Ho Chi Minh City.
Banishing “Chinese Victorians.” Columnist Samson Wong on the runoff between Jake McGoldrick and Supervisor Michael Yaki.
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