Monday, August 21, 2017

San Francisco day 5: Japantown, Missions District, Lands End

The plan for today was to visit Japantown and Lands End

Japantown is located 3 blocks from where we were renting a house, this made it very easy to get there :-)
There are a bunch of stores, restaurants as well as cultural showrooms and societies


Plaque to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Kanrin Maru



The Kanrin Maru, was the first Japanese ship ever to cross the Pacific, and its arrival in San Francisco made history

Some street signs in Japanese

Webster



Buchanan (Osaka Way)



These are 4 different pictures I put together from signs that are on various spots

Japantown signs

I came back to Japantown for 5 minutes at night, that is why these 2 pictures are nightshots

The Peace Pagoda



A restaurant in restaurant row



The fillmore music venue

The Fillmore

Some interesting houses
Cool Building

Interesting Building

Mural near the fillmore for the Boom Boom Room
Boom Boom Room Mural

Towards the Mission district, we passed City Hall
City Hall

Rogue One mural in the mission district
Rogue One Mural

In the Mission District I could not believe how many homeless people were roaming around. I was talking to a driver about this and he said there are a lot of them in San Francisco because of the weather. According to the driver, in the 1980s, a lot of mental institutions were closed and the people who were in the institutions were let out. A lot of them ended up homeless

We took public transportation to Lands End. By the way having lived in New York, the public transportation system in San Francisco is a total mess. They really should come up with some kind of clipper card which you can by at every station. right now for the Muni you have to buy tickets there for Bart somewhere else etc etc


Panorama from the visitor center

Lands End Panorama


Sutro Baths

Sutro Baths

The Sutro Baths was a large, privately owned public saltwater swimming pool complex, this is what is left now


A person meditating

Meditating

With a view like that, I am sure his troubles seemed far away even if for a little while


A giant camera obscura

Giant Camera Obscura


The beach with the black rocks

Lands End beach and rocks

We then hiked on the Coastal Trail, here are some pictures I took from that hike


Mile Rock Beach




A hazy view of the Golden Gate bridge




Another panorama

Land End Panorama


Eagle Point

The Hidden Labyrinth at Lands End, Eagle's Point

Hidden labyrinth at Eagle's Point, constructed by local artist Eduardo Aguilera

This what it for the day

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