On the day of the Lunar New Year, there weren't activities in Chinatown but we went anyway. The parade and celebration actually happened a few days afterwards, which we skipped. Chinatown is always decorated with colors throughout the year, and the children enjoy walking through on a nice day. So many shops for both tourists and locals, cheap haircuts, cheap food... it's San Francisco's Chinatown!

Instead of taking the bus from the Sunset to Chinatown, we drove and parked (free) at Fort Mason. We walked for the next 30 minutes to Chinatown.