Attendance at this private event is by invitation only.

Opening of the exhibition, Passports to Friendship: Celebrating 75 Years of U.S.-Japan Friendship Doll Exchange

Open to members at the “Contributing Level� ($125) and above. By invitation only. RSVP required. Please call Theresa Hashimoto at 213.830.5655 for more information.

Three expert panelists provide insight into the grassroots efforts of ordinary citizens to better relations between the U.S. and Japan in 1927. They also reveal efforts to preserve the surviving dolls and continuing relations started 75 years ago. The panel features Michiko Takaoka, director of the Japanese Cultural Center, Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, Spokane, Washington; Rosie Skiles, Friendship Doll Researcher, Japanese American Doll Enthusiasts; and Dr. Sidney Gulick III, grandson of the initiator of the 1927 exchange and co-founder of Friendship Ambassador, Inc. Join us in learning more about this little-known legacy of past and current Friendship Doll exchanges on both sides of the Pacific.

1:30-2:30 pm English Language Panel Discussion
2:30-3:00 pm Book Signing
3:00-4:00 pm Japanese Language Presentation

Closing of the exhibition, Passports to Friendship: Celebrating 75 Years of U.S.-Japan Friendship Doll Exchange