San Francisco Japantown Tours and Tickets

Avoid the challenge of planning a full San Francisco itinerary and coordinating transport across the city and beyond. This private Jeep tour combines top landmarks with nearby escapes like Muir Woods into one seamless experience. Travel efficiently between sights with a flexible route and expert guidance, so you can see more in a day without the stress of logistics.

Explore San Francisco's historic Japantown at your own pace on this self-guided audio tour. Japanese-American local Kristin Eriko Posner will guide you through the neighborhood, sharing little-known stories on how history shaped the food, culture, and landscape of the oldest Japantown in the U.S. This geo-tagged audio tour is best between 10:30am - 3:30pm on Wednesday-Saturdays, when all of the businesses on the tour are open. However, it can be taken at any time, on any day. Most stops are open until 6pm. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.