San Fransokyo Square
San Fransokyo Square is a themed area at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Opened on August 31, 2023, it is a reworking of the park's former Pacific Wharf dining district, themed to San Fransokyo, the fictional city in Walt Disney Animation Studios' Big Hero 6 (2014). That city combines elements of San Francisco and Tokyo, and the square applies the same combination to a Californian fishing wharf.
The area lies between Cars Land and Pixar Pier on the shore of Paradise Bay. It contains no rides; its function within the park remains, as Pacific Wharf's was, principally dining, shopping and character appearances.
History
Pacific Wharf opened with the park on February 8, 2001, as part of the original Golden State area. Modelled on Monterey's Cannery Row and San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, it grouped several restaurants around a small lagoon crossed by a bridge, and for two decades it was one of the least altered parts of the park. Its factories and tours, including a tortilla factory and a bakery tour, closed over time, leaving it primarily a food court.
The conversion to San Fransokyo was announced in September 2022 and its name confirmed in February 2023. Unusually, the work was carried out while the restaurants remained open, with new menus introduced in stages from July 2023. The completed area was formally opened on August 31, 2023, and its story is set after the events of the film, with the wharf holding a celebration of the Big Hero 6 team.
Design and theme
Existing wharf buildings were retained and overlaid with Japanese signage, banners, lanterns and street art, together with torii-style detailing. The entrance bridge from Paradise Gardens Park was rebuilt as the San Fransokyo Gate Bridge, adding vermilion torii gate towers, about 52 feet (16 metres) tall, to a structure modelled on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Near the former bakery building, a meet-and-greet location allows visitors to meet Baymax, the inflatable healthcare robot from the film, together with Hiro Hamada. A small shop, San Fransokyo Maker's Mart, sells Big Hero 6 merchandise.
Dining
Most Pacific Wharf restaurants continued under new or adjusted names and menus. The Pacific Wharf Cafe became Aunt Cass Cafe, named for Hiro's aunt in the film, retaining its bakery operation. Lucky Fortune Cookery serves Asian-inspired dishes, Cocina Cucamonga serves Mexican food, and the Port of San Fransokyo Cerveceria serves beer in a beer-garden setting. Rita's Turbine Blenders, the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop, which opened on the wharf in 2012, and a bakery cart complete the line-up. Menus added items referencing the film alongside dishes carried over from Pacific Wharf.