Japantown (2020)

"The streets never rest in this section of Night City, whether it's the scum that surfaces from the Park at night, or the glitzy corporates visiting the Bodukkan to see the newest from Nakagowa Kabuki troupe. In a city that never sleeps, Japantown (or J-town) provides the antidote for the late night blues. If you're a high level corporate, or streetscum looking for a score, this is where you find what you're looking for. The corporate security keeps the J-Town streets clean and pleasant, but the Park belongs to the night."

- Night City Sourcebook

Night City Downtown Sector C3, also known as Japantown and Eastpark is a colorful, high rent district of Night City. During the early 2020s it was the home of the Night City yakuza syndicate that would export drugs from Night City to Osaka and Tokyo. It is featured in the Pen and Paper RPGs Cyberpunk 2013 and 2020.

Japantown is especially important to Night City for really two reasons. First being, it's the cultural center for the cities sizable Japanese community, and in a place where the most powerful corporate power is Arasaka, that says a lot. The second reason being, Japantown is home base for most of the Yakuza families operating throughout the Free State of North California; it's centrally located, has limited police interference, and outsiders tend to stick out like a sore thumb.

Overview
Japantown, also known as Nihonmachi, is a compact historic enclave in the Western Addition with large skyscrapers. Large indoor/outdoor complexes house an assortment of sushi, ramen and shabu-shabu restaurants, plus specialty grocery stores, kitschy gift shops, karaoke bars and Asian-style day spas. A courtyard plaza with a striking, 5-tiered Peace Pagoda regularly hosts community events such as the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. It's also an ethnically Japanese American district in downtown Night City and the heart of the largest Japanese-American population in Free state of Northern California.

Eastpark sits right outside of Japantown and in between Lake Park and Corporate Center. Eastpark however is done in the style of a traditional Japanese park with shrines and cherry blossoms.

Local Gang: Tygers Claw
The Tygers Claws is a combat gang composed mostly of a Japanese community that settles in Japantown. The gang also occassionally protects the Japanese community at large. There is a rumor that went around that Arasaka actually backs them. The Tygers use enhanced reflexes and martial arts to get the jobs done in Night City.
 * Threat Level: C
 * Threat Code: A4D

Local Gang: Yakuza
While the Yakuza families of Japantown aren't gangs, they are a crime organization that settles it's home base in Night City. This is where they settled to branch out to the rest of the Free State of California.

Notable People

 * Shinobu Nakagowa the star Kabuki actress of Japantown.
 * Hichigo Kanzaki the oyabun of the largest  Yakuza family in Night City.
 * Michiko Yashida owner of the Michiko's store in town.
 * "Bill" one of the best ripperdocs in town.
 * Kimiki Yasaka
 * "The Knife"
 * Mamoru Shintani
 * Kenshiro Saeba

Locations

 * 1) The Lake Park Bandstand
 * 2) The Gazebo
 * 3) The Garden
 * 4) The Bodukkan Center for Preforming Arts
 * 5) The Japan Trade Center
 * 6) The Tokagawa Tower
 * 7) Nichiban Mall
 * 8) The Nakagumi Business Plaza
 * 9) The Imperial Bank
 * 10) Hotel Yamaguchi
 * 11) Michiko's
 * 12) Japanese Neighborhoods

Reference
FISK, C. ''Night City Sourcebook. 1st ed. ''Berkeley CA: R.Talsorian Games, 1991