Clusters of buildings with chinese signs suddenly appear just a block away from the Italian neighborhood. Even the Bank Of America sign is in Chinese and red lanterns hang as decoration year round.
Lanterns look like curtains on the window of a shopping stall at Singapore's Chinatown.
Chinatown's shopkeepers sell all kinds of trinkets, including shiny, smooth, pocket-sized, jade amulets, which make great paperweights, coffee table decorations or (if you're a bit clever) fridge magnets.
going up..
Chinatown? Seems unlikely with a lone shopper as Chinatown is always teeming with people, especially those out for a cheap bargain.
Experience SF that you will probably never bother getting up early enough to see... even Chinatown was deep asleep.
the grocer's in Chinatown
Intricate, elegant and delicate, tea cups in Chinatown are as fragile as snowflakes and just as beautiful.