
Tateuchi Public Program Series Past Events
The Tateuchi Public Program Series, organized in partnership between the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation and the Japanese American National Museum, develops presentations that explore the connections between Japan and the United States in the context of politics, art, music, and culture. The program series is created annually with the objective of enhancing understanding between the two countries.
CANCELLED: Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

This event is FREE!
The Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or sado in Japanese. It is a choreographed ritual of preparing and serving Japanese green tea (called matcha) together with traditional Japanese sweets to balance with the bitter taste of the tea.
Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

The Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or sado in Japanese. It is a choreographed ritual of preparing and serving Japanese green tea (called matcha) together with traditional Japanese sweets to balance with the bitter taste of the tea.
Back to California after 100 Years with Misaki Matsui
The Japanese Pantry and Koji with Myoho Asari and Sonoko Sakai
The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to welcome Sonoko Sakai, founder of Common Grains in Los Angeles, and Myoho Asari, owner of Saiki Kojiya in Oita, Japan. This seminar will celebrate Koji, the fermented medium that creates much of the unique flavor and umami in Japanese cooking. Myoho and her family have vested generations in selling and promoting this incredible food. The seminar will showcase koji and its many uses and health benefits.
This program is generously sponsored by the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation.
Hafu: The Mixed Race Experience of Japan by Lara Perez-Takagi and Megumi Nishikura
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Eclair: For Our Future, For Children Screening

FREE ADMISSION!
In 1943, the dark shadow of war is sneaking up and about to change everything. After losing his parents at a very early age, Akio lives his life in and out of the orphanage and reformatory. He encounters people like Detective Toyama who saves him from hunger by giving him a sweet pastry, the White Satan at the reformatory, his foster mother Fusano, Tomiko from the cinema, and people from the touring company.
Throughout this difficult time, the only thing that keeps him going is “Sweets & Girls,” the song that Yoko, a teacher at the orphanage, sang to him. No matter what happens to him, thinking about sweets and singing the song somehow gives him the power to live…
Director: Akio Kondo. Cast: Hajime Yoshii, Saori, Ayumi Ishida
Screening at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Program co-organized by the Japan Foundation, sponsored by the Tateuchi Foundation.
Photo: (c)"eclair" Production Committee