The Japan Center is a large shopping and dining complex
centered around a five-tiered concrete pagoda called the Peace Pagoda. The
complex dates from the 60's when blocks of Victorian houses in this area were
demolished, Geary Boulevard was widened and the five building structure of
Japan Center was built. Inside the complex there are numerous Japanese
restaurants, art galleries and antiques shops, music and video stores as well
as a big Japanese bookstore (they sell titles in English as well). The AMC
Kabuki Theater is one of the places that hosts the San Francisco
International Film Festival (every year in April).
