The refined-but-genuine Fillmore shopping district and the rich cultural traditions of bordering Japantown combine in an eclectic experience for both local and out-of-town visitors here. A relatively new neighborhood, Japantown was known only as a tiny Japanese colony in the late 1950s. Much of the architecture here was built the following decade as part of a scandalous redevelopment project that devasted San Francisco's black community and jazz culture.