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Ireichō Tour Schedule to Former Confinement Sites

2025年01月03日

FEBRUARY 18 – 21, 2025 — WASHINGTON DC — presented in conjunction with the National Archives and Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History for Day of RemembranceAPRIL 26 – 27, 2025 — MANZANAR (CA) — presented in conjunction with the Manzanar pilgrimageApr. 26 Manzanar Cemetery Ireitō for interfaith ceremonyApr. 26 Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center for stampingApr. 27 Manzanar National Historic Si...

Kokoro 2024 Craft Show

2024年10月20日

Celebrate and shop during the 16th Anniversary of the Kokoro Craft Show at JANM! This annual craft show is sponsored by the Friends of JANM and features fashion apparel and accessories, jewelry, ceramics, gifts, and more from over fifty vendors. Shoppers who spend $25 or more will receive a 10% discount to local restaurants. No prize drawing this year. Order bentos by October 10 (DETAILS).SCHEDULE9:30 a.m.—JANM Membe...

Film Screening and Discussion—"Hidden Histories: The Story and Legacy of Japanese American WWII Incarceration"

2017年09月30日

Hidden Histories is a touring program of five short narrative films about the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans. Each film tells a personal story that dramatizes a different aspect of this history. Hidden Histories commemorates an important chapter in American history at the same time that it serves as a cautionary tale; although the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians d...

East West Players: A Writers’ Gallery Reading of "Iyakan Blues (The Criers)"

2015年03月19日

FREE JANM is pleased to host the East West Players’ reading of Iyakan Blues (The Criers), written by Giovanni Ortega and directed by Tim Dang. Aurora, Remedios, and Eugenia are three of the most sought-after professional criers (individuals paid to cry at funerals) in Monterey Park. They are eager to welcome Aurora’s 14-year-old daughter Ligaya (nicknamed Gaya) from the Philippines into their world and te...

Performance of Cold Tofu's The Armando Show!

2010年10月28日

The Armando Show is a long-form improv performance inspired by an audience suggestion. A special guest host (or “Armando”) interprets that suggestion through a personal and truthful improvised monologue. Inspired by that monologue, COLD TOFU performs scenes that, in turn, inspire a response from our Armando. This propels hilarious interchanges between the Armando’s monologues and the company’s scenes. "Pay-Wha...

AUTHOR OF 'BEST FRIENDS FOREVER' CREATED BOOK AFTER INTERVIEWING LONG-TIME NATIONAL MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS

2010年09月29日

Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook author Beverly Patt will read from her book and talk about her research to create a work of fiction based on historical events at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, October 2, beginning at 2 p.m. The story concerns two young girls, Louise Krueger and Dottie Masuoka, who find themselves separated by the government’s unconstitutional forced removal of Ja...

" A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America " by Greg Robinson

2009年10月24日

The confinement of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, often called the Japanese American internment, has been described as the worst official civil rights violation of modern U. S. history. Greg Robinson not only offers a bold new understanding of these events but also studies them within a larger time frame and from a transnational perspective. Drawing on newly discovered material, Robinson pr...

Sights Unseen: The Photographic Constructions of Masumi Hayashi, May 31 - September 14, 2003

2003年05月31日

The Japanese American National Museum will present the first survey of the work by Japanese American photographer Masumi Hayashi in the exhibition Sights Unseen: The Photographic Constructions of Mayumi Hayashi, opening May 31, 2003. The exhibition includes 30 photographs that explore bucolic landscapes, and the unseen reality just below the surface. The photocollages come from five bodies of Hayashi’s work—abandon...

Cold Tofu Improv Performance—“The Joy of Springtime Soy”

2000年04月20日

Love is in the air. Join Cold Tofu for a sassy Spring session of improv.

The History of Taiko in the Japanese American Community

1997年07月20日

Lecture and discussion Just thirty years ago there was not a single taiko (Japanese drumming) group in the United States. Today nearly one hundred groups exist in North America and new groups continue to emerge. People of all ages and ethnic backgrounds enjoy listening to and performing taiko and it will continue to be an important element in the community. Join the Museum for a presentation and discussion of t...