Japan Center Garage

This garage is very accessible on both Geary & Post St. Prices are definitely reasonable for the area and prefer it versus the meter street parking. Also, they have some sort of small business detailing situation on the bottom level that I was quite interested in. We weee there maybe 2hrs and only paid $6 parking. Prices vary for different times of the day so check it out.

I'm always am able to find a parking spot and it's easy to check out with the tapping credit card feature. The only downsize is the cost, but this is San Francisco. Three hours was $14 which by other lot standards is a good deal.

I've been a patron of the Japan center garage for many years and I must say that it's cleanest and best maintained City owned garage that I have been to. The prices are also very reasonable. Plus it's much safer to park in the garage than risk a car break in on the street.

Beware of this place! We parked on the main level, 7PM at night, lots of cars and foot traffic... only to have our rear window shattered and valuables stolen from the vehicle. It was brazen, typical for SF these days.

Garage had no one on premises. Called the next day, no one answered the phone. Impossible to even have a look at security camera footage -- although I doubt they even have them.

Do NOT be lulled into a false sense of security at this garage. It is anything but safe.

This garage NOW closes on weekdays at 11pm, which makes it hard when parking for The Fillmore down the street. We've used this garage for DECADES because it used to be safe, affordable and *reliable*. But last night, Feb 14, 2022, we got out of a Fillmore show around 11:15-11:30pm and were horrified to find our cars trapped in a shuttered garage. They fortunately had an after hour emergency number who talked us into getting in and how to leave, which I appreciated. But I go to the Fillmore a handful of times a year. Is this going to remain a thing? STAY OPEN LONGER!! 11pm is much too early to close when there's a music venue & movie theater down the street.

THEY SAID THIS WAS A DAILY OCCURRENCE!!!!! If i could give this garage a lower rating i would!!! parked here for almost 2 and a 1/2 hours when we came back our car window had been smashed in! When we informed the workers they actually had one bag that was taken from our car and thankfully nothing was stolen out of the bag. They found it on the stairwell. We asked if they found our second bag they hadn't so we walked the whole garage and found our second bag on the floor in the stairwell, we also saw that TWO other cars had been broken into, one on each level of the garage all next to the stairwell. We asked to see security footage and they told us they don't have access and to contact a different company but at that point what use is it. Staff was somewhat helpful gave us bags to tape up the windows and a broom to sweep up all the glass. We also saw many homeless people on the top floor. Overall a terrible first experience and now a last experience.

My friend's car rear window was smashed. Reading reviews I now realize it's a common thing at this garage.

Tourists and visitors beware: limited parking spaces available. The City leased a number of spaces to the CA Pacific Medical Center [CPMC] nearby for its staff. The employees park at the garage and are shuttled by CPMC to the medical center on a regular basis. Good news for the City and garage because its stable revenue.

Bad news for Japantown businesses and the J-Town community. Limited parking in the long run will discourage visitors and tourists.

The proponents claim the staff from the medical center will shop and dine in Japantown after work. But if you talk with the local merchants, they have not seen that happen.

It is in a great location inthe historical Japan Center, is inexpensive and easy to get in and out of. Two thumbs up.

Poor management. They always close the garage entrance on Post St and tell people to enter on Geary St. Once, I went through all the traffic to get to the Geary St entrance there was a sign that said the garage is full. The ridiculousness to try to park inside the garage is unreal. We circled around again through all the chaotic traffic to find street parking with no luck and found the full sign was removed from the Geary garage entrance. So was the garage really full? Nope. Once we got in there were plenty of spaces.

Also, make sure to keep your receipt when you pay for your ticket. When we tried to leave the garage, the ticket reader said we did not pay even though we did. We had to hold up the line of cars behind us waiting to exit. I had to quickly run out of the car and talk to the ticket person at the window and provide proof of payment.

Please fix your ticket reading machines and get it together.