Chinatown
is really Dragon Gate, Chinatown, San Francisco, California
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The green-tiled gateway with stone lions at the entrance to Chinatown, opening onto streets of lanterns and shops.
The real place
San Francisco's Chinatown, founded around 1848, is the oldest in North America. The Dragon Gate at Grant Avenue and Bush Street was built in 1970 as a gift from Taiwan.
Visiting
Walk up Grant Avenue from the gate, then turn onto Waverly Place and Ross Alley, home of the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory.
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