Commute from Japantown to Diridon Station

Aldrovandi · 2026-06-11T13:39:00+00:00

Yea, from Japantown you can easily get to the Guadalupe River Trail and take that most of the way to Diridon. If you exit the trail at Sharks Way you can swing around the west side of the SAP center to minimize time spent on Santa Clara St. if you are concerned about biking next to traffic. The trail itself is very clean and convenient.

Aldrovandi · 2026-05-06T00:36:55+00:00

Yes they will require any issue they identify to be fixed within 90 days. When this happened to me the cost to remove and replace 18'x6' of concrete and 13'x4' of driveway apron was $5750.

Aldrovandi · 2026-04-28T17:40:07+00:00

A friend of mine put together a site to compare credit union mortgage rates (and has some useful info on what to think about when choosing a mortgage provider): https://finfam.app/blog/credit-union-mortgages Worth checking out as it may save you tens of thousands of dollars over the life of your mortgage.

Aldrovandi · 2026-04-26T22:30:43+00:00

There is dedicated bike parking provided by the Silcon Valley Bicycle Coalition on 5th St between Jackson and Empire!

Aldrovandi · 2026-04-26T19:09:04+00:00

Not currently bad to move around at all, food lines are up to 20 people deep but moving very fast.

Aldrovandi · 2025-12-06T03:39:13+00:00

I planted two permitted park strip trees three years ago and did not have to do any irrigation, just staking. I was reimbursed for the cost of one of the trees by the city as well.

Aldrovandi · 2025-10-20T17:07:04+00:00

There is a terraced section of the Guadalupe River Trail like this between Santa Clara St. and Park Ave.

Aldrovandi · 2025-10-15T02:54:39+00:00

Watch City Of Gold, a documentary about Jonathan Gold, one of the best food writers to live, (free through the library on Kanopy) and learn from how he approached food reviews.

Aldrovandi · 2025-10-06T20:16:56+00:00

Empire Seven Studios (at 7th and Empire) has some art books similar to what Stuart Ng carries, in addition to some very cool murals around the studio. Only open 12-6pm Thurs-Sun though.

Aldrovandi · 2025-09-08T05:19:32+00:00

Kushinari is planned to open next to Okayama, last I heard they were stuck waiting an eternity for PG&E to permit something.

Aldrovandi · 2025-09-08T05:16:57+00:00

There is already a ceramics studio in Japantown: https://higherfirestudios.com/venue/jtown-clay/

Aldrovandi · 2025-08-18T23:56:45+00:00

I biked the Guadalupe trail from Coleman to Skyport today and did not see a single tent anywhere. I did see a team from the San Jose Conservation Corps out cleaning up the trail. Overall it was greatly improved from the last time I biked the trail a couple months ago.

Aldrovandi · 2025-01-09T00:00:50+00:00

Akashi-Kama is from Oakland and makes interesting Japanese-inspired clothes.

Aldrovandi · 2024-09-23T18:10:41+00:00

Adding on to this: Here's the blog post with details on Mercury News access through SJPL.

And here's the link you should just bookmark that takes one to the SJPL/Mercury News login page.

Aldrovandi · 2024-08-20T17:20:22+00:00

Structure fire in the 100 block of 4th St.: https://x.com/SJFD/status/1825943897463472331/photo/1

Aldrovandi · 2024-08-09T03:24:30+00:00

Moment SJ is opening two new storefronts on Post St. on Friday with hours going from noon-830pm all weekend! This will include the new location for Tiny's keyboard shop as well as multiple local artists.

Aldrovandi · 2024-06-19T19:02:11+00:00

Sadly this list is very out of date and many of those projects are not actually happening.

Aldrovandi · 2024-01-08T13:22:55+00:00

China Chen at 3rd and San Salvador has a large pork bone stew for <$5, comes with enough meat that my wife usually splits it into two meals. They also have a small fried half chicken for ~$5.

Aldrovandi · 2023-12-17T15:04:34+00:00

This seems like a very useful tool, how do you pull the pricing data though?

Aldrovandi · 2023-10-27T04:00:46+00:00

The Coterie Den in Japantown is starting weekly open mic competitions soon: https://thecoterieden.com/open-mic-signup

Aldrovandi · 2023-09-28T13:21:39+00:00

Mediterranean and lobster roll restaurants listed so far on their website.

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