Osaka

The Great Escape

Charles Phan's New Project, the Penthouse Club & Steakhouse, and Medjool Changes

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. While physicaly not far from his Ferry Building restaurant the Slanted Door, Charles Phan's pending restaurant on Pier 3 will be world's away when it comes to cuisine and décor. SFGate reports that the f ... More >>

Wise Sons Readies, Sushi Taka Opens, and La Terrasse Closes

The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. All things pastrami and pickles: The popular pop-up Wise Sons Jewish deli is nearly ready to open their new brick-and-mortar. Thrillist notes that this Sunday they'll soft launch with a brunch in their ne ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Offers Tipping Tips (Hint: 20 Percent)

​The LA Weekly's Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, Jonathan Gold, has come out with a list of 10 rules for tipping -- basically 10 reasons why diners need to stop pretending they're rewarding a waiter for the quality of his or her service and just tip a flat percentage. For instance: 2.Yes, I know yo ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Na Ya Dessert House's Takoyaki and Thai Crepes

Steph L./YelpNa Ya's takoyaki, $5.​ Na Kuanha wanted to open a stand just to sell takoyaki, Osaka-style octopus fritters (which even have their own song). But the Richmond storefront she found was too big to focus on just one street snack, so she added Japanese crepes, Taiwanese honey toast and gr ... More >>

J-Pop Party, Indie Erotica, Amoebapalooza, Comedy Day, Mexico's Independence, and More

Killbossa bring tropicalia to the Make-Out Room this Sunday​Already sick of your classes? Feeling a bit sluggish at work? Let San Francisco ease your pain with ten stress-soothing events for less than a bottle of self-medication. Here's our list of 10 cool events this weekend for under $10: Frida ... More >>

Mitsuwa's Japanese Food Fair Starts Today in San Jose. We Call Shotgun

Luis ChongA stall at last year's Hokkaido Fair at Mitsuwa.​The Japanese Gourmet Foods Fair, aka Umaimono Gourmet Fair (umaimono means "yummy stuff") kicks off today at Mitsuwa Marketplace in San Jose. It ends June 6. The annual event is part of a series of four-day weekend festivals promoting ... More >>

Big Sister

What Makes Namu's Okonomiyaki at Ferry Plaza So Likable

J. BirdsallNamu's version of the homely Japanese snack skews Korean.​Okonomiyaki incorporates the Japanese words okonomi, which means "what you like," and yaki ("grilled"). We do like okonomiyaki a lot, grilled ― on a bus, on a train, in the sun, and in the rain, typically during or immediat ... More >>

Sunday Night: Japan Nite Special Girls Rock Explosion

Kirsty EvansOMODAKA​Japan Nite Special Girls Rock Explosion! 
 August 16, 2009  at Yoshi's 
Better Than: The previous day's outdoor performance by the same bands. By a long shot. 
 Sunday night's invasion by the The Japan Nite Special: Girls Rock Explosion tour brought both a crowd an ... More >>

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The Dark Prince

He claimed to be Nepalese royalty, but police say Kaushal Niroula is a con man whose crew of gay grifters may have murdered a wealthy Palm Springs man.

Experimenting with Mind-Altering Dance

Art House

Electro Selectors

DJs Jefrodesiac and Richie Panic keep dancefloors crammed with Frisco Disco and Blow Up.

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Cirque Spectacular

No heavy plot, just supernaturally breathtaking acrobatics

Going Postal

Like it or not, the Zip Code Rapists are back

Hear This

The Pop Crush Festival, hi-NRG mechanical violence, and the return of astro-rock band Zolar X

Hear This

Frantic noise and a pornographic stage show means the Boredoms are anything but; Japan's PINE*am brings its comical pop to town

French Fried

San Francisco and Paris are sister cities, but that doesn't mean the natives can't pull each other's hair out

Tales of the North Pacific

What a 62-year-old man can teach shellshocked dot-commers as he sails from Osaka to San Francisco. Alone. Again.

Kobe Seekers

Osaka Grill

Reviews

Night+Day

Night+Day

Night+Day

Masters of Disaster

The San Francisco Office of Emergency Services unveils its new post-apocalypse playbook

Recordings

Dead Sea Scrolls

Deciphering the psychedelic dream-rock of Angel'in Heavy Syrup and the cryptic noise-pop of Dead C

Use your (dis)illusion

Anxious young artists turn the camera on themselves in the 13th annual S.F. International Asian American Film Festival