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San Francisco 1960-
Air view of San Francisco, photographed in June 2012 by Dr. Junhaku Miyamoto.
San Francisco is the leading financial and cultural center of Northern California and the San Francisco Bay
Area, a region of 7.6 million people, which includes San Jose and Oakland.
Today, San Francisco is one of the top tourist destinations around the world, ranking 35th out of 100 most
visited cities worldwide, and is renowned for its cool summers, fog, steep rolling hills, eclectic mix of
architecture, and landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and its Chinatown. The city is
also a principal banking and finance center, and the home to more than 30 international financial institutions,
helping to make San Francisco rank 8th in the United States.
San Francisco is located along the sea coast, surrounded by water, with the cool-summer Mediterranean
climate. It is generally characterized by moist warm winters and dry summers. San Francisco's weather
is strongly influenced by the cool currents of the Pacific Ocean, which moderates temperature swings and
produces a remarkably mild year-round climate with little seasonal temperature variation.
Reference: Wikipedia
Financial District, Bay Bridge (San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge) and Port of San Francisco 2012
(L) A cable car and street car in San Francisco 2012
(R) This Landsat map shows San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, that separates
the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
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Telegraph Hill
Telegraph Hill is primarily a residential area, much quieter than adjoining North Beach with its bustling cafes
and nightlife. Aside from Coit Tower, Lillian Coit Memorial Tower, is well known for its gardens flowing down
Filbert Street to Levi Plaza. It is a 64-meter tower in the Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The tower, in the
city's Pioneer Park, was built in 1933 using Lillie Hitchcock Coit's bequest to beautify the city of San Francisco.
Reference: Wikipedia
Coit Tower viewed from Filbert Street and from a hotel on the O'Farrell Street, downtown San Francisco.
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, photographed by Dr. Junhaku Miyamoto in 1960.
(L) A group of high-school students visiting a Coit Tower 2012 (R) Coit Tower elevator in a historical style
Murals of Coit Tower
Murals of Coit Tower
Ocean Beach
Ocean Beach runs along the west coast of San Francisco, at the Pacific Ocean. It is located next to Golden
Gate Park. The Great Highway runs alongside the beach. The distance to the downtown is about 12 kms,
and it is easily accessible by N-Munu line. The beach is a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area,
which is administered by the National Park Service.
Ocean Beach, San Francisco 2012
Ocean Beach ad dune, San Francisco
(L) Ocean Beach ad dune, San Francisco (R) Great Highway alongside Ocean Beach
Chinatown
Chinatown, San Francisco 2012
Chinatown, San Francisco: The language spoken is Chinese.
Chinatown, San Francisco: The prices of goods are not expensive.
Chinatown shops
Chinatown shops
Chinatown shops
Steep Streets in the City
(L) Lombard Street, a crooked street in 1962 and (R) a city view from the place over the Stockton Street tunnel in 1960:
These pictures were taken by Dr. Junhaku Miyamoto.
(L) Stockton Street tunnel 2012
(R) A sharp slope is the symbol of the town in San Francisco, with the maximum of 31.5% grade
(L) Historic street clock and town in slope (R) A three-wheeler vehicle in a town of San Francisco
(L) You may see a designed painted wall of a house on the hillside of San Francisco.
(R) This picture shows Boutique shops along Fillmore Street in Pacific Heights Pacific Heights is located in one of
the most scenic and park-like settings, offering panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the San Francisco Bay.
Downtown San Francisco
A street clock, a cable car and ladies, Union Square
Good days in old San Francisco: All above three photos were taken by DR. Junhaku Miyamoto, in June 1960.
(L) Johnny Foley's Irish Pub & Restaurant on the O'Farrell St. San Francisco in 2012
(R) A street clock is still observed in the town of San Francisco. It was so when first visited the city in 1960.
Tad's Steakhouse, downtown san Francisco
Fisherman's Wharf
Fisherman's Wharf is a popular tourist attraction in San Francisco. The F Market streetcar runs through the
area. The Powell-Hyde cable car line runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell-
Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away.
Port of San Francisco 2012
Yacht harbors in San Francisco, as photographed in 1962.
Fisherman's Wharf Harbors, San Francisco, as photographed in 2012.
Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
Fisherman's Grotto, San Francisco
Fishermen's Grotto opened in 1935 as the first sit-down restaurant on San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Photographed in 2012
Golden Gate Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening ofSan Francisco Bay
into the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco
Peninsula, to Marin County. It is one of the well internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco,
California. It has been declared one of the modern wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil
Engineers. Frommer's travel guide considers the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the most beautiful and
photographedbridges in the world.
(L) The picture shows that a ship was entering San Francisco Bay under the Golden Gate Bridge.
The scene passing under the Golden Gate Bridge experienced in June 1960 was printed in my mind.
I will never forget that moment for the rest of my life.
(R) Golden Gate Bridge in 2012, as seen from an aircraft to Tokyo
サンフランシスコは、カリフォルニア州の北部に位置し、アメリカ西海岸を代表する世界都市の一つである。気候は
地中海性気候に属し、一年中気温の差があまり無く、気候的にも住みやすい都市である。急な坂や深い霧に覆われる
場合が多いことでも有名である。観光地としての評価も非常に高い都市であり、外国人のみならず、アメリカ人の間
でも訪れたい都市の上位にランクされている。有名な観光スポットとして金門橋やフィッシャーマンズワーフ、
テレグラフヒル等が挙げられる。市内を走る伝統あるケーブルカーも人気が高い。
フィッシャーマンズ・ワーフは「漁師の波止場」の名の通り、この周辺は19世紀半ばのゴールドラッシュでサンフラン
シスコが大きな町になった時期以来の漁港で、様々な色に塗られた漁船が多数停泊し、獲れたばかりの魚やエビ・カニ
類を水揚げする場所であった。新鮮な魚介類、特にクラムチャウダーをサワードウのパンの器に入れて提供する
レストランや軽食店が有名である。筆者のサンフランシスコ訪問は、1960年に始まり、1962年、1982年、1993年、
そして今回、2012年と5回目であるが、いつ訪れても観光地としての素晴らしさ、その快適な気候環境は変わることは
ない。
ゴールデンゲートブリッジ（金門橋）は、サンフランシスコ湾と太平洋が接続するゴールデンゲート海峡に架かる
吊り橋で、主塔の間の長さが1,280メートル、 全長は2,737メートルある。主塔の高さは水面から227メートルで、
そばで見ると鉄の塊である。橋の建設は1933年に始まり、1937年に完成した。1964年にニューヨークのヴェラザノ・
ナローズ橋が完成するまで、スパン世界一の吊り橋であった。
筆者は1960年6月に横浜からプレジデント・クリーブランド号にて、ハワイ経由、16日間かけてサンフランシスコに
上陸したが、金門橋が霧の中に忽然とその雄大な姿を現し、その下を客船は音もなく、くぐり抜けて行った、その
言葉に尽くせない感動は、いつまでも消え去ることはないであろう。
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サンフランシスコ 1960-2012
執筆 医学博士 宮本順伯
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The article was written in July 2012. Photographs were taken in June 1960 and June 2012,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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