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KCRW Summer Nights ft. DJs Travis Holcombe & SiLVA

2023年07月15日

Join JANM, KCRW, and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA for an evening of music featuring KCRW DJs SiLVA and Travis Holcombe, food trucks, a beer garden, and free after-hours access to both museums. Come dance with us!

Exploring the YUMIVERSE with Yumi Sakugawa

2023年05月18日

Free Join artist Yumi Sakugawa for an evening of mindfulness centered around their new coloring book that will leave participants feeling more relaxed, less anxious, and more creatively inspired! This interactive event will begin and end with guided meditation and provide space for creative exploration through coloring. Art supplies and blank paper will be provided but participants are welcome to bring their own s...

2023 Benefit & Online Auction

2023年05月13日

Join us as we honor our rich history, engage future generations, and celebrate the stories of JANM’s supporters from across the nation, and across generations. The festivities include dinner in the elegant InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, an online auction, and a program that pays tribute to JANM’s leaders and supporters who see and believe in the importance of the Museum and its enduring role in our democr...

Imagine Little Tokyo 2023 Short Story Editing Workshop

2023年01月19日

FREE Oscar-nominated screenwriter and debut novelist Iris Yamashita and veteran writer and editor Gary Phillips will host an interactive, virtual workshop with tips on how to polish a short story before submission. Miya Iwataki, co-chair of the Imagine Little Tokyo short story committee will moderate the workshop. Iris Yamashita, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Letters from Iwojima, released her debut novel, City ...

The Japanese American National Museum Receives a Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to Support the Upcoming Exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California

2022年11月30日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was awarded $75,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the upcoming exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Southern California. This NEH grant will allow JANM to create an exhibition about Nikkei car culture from the early 1900s to the present. Nikkei are Japanese emigrants and their descendants who have create...

Are the Arts Essential?

2022年06月23日

FREE In Person RSVP Virtual RSVP Are the Arts Essential?, edited by Alberta Arthurs and Michael DiNiscia, provides a timely and kaleidoscopic reflection on the importance of the arts in our society. Join contributors Steven Tepper (Dean of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, ASU), Zeyba Rahman (Senior Program Officer, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art), and Jay Wang (Director, USC Cen...

48-Star American Flag Signing

2021年11月21日

Inspired by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Roberta Hayashi, Karen Korematsu, and Civil Rights Attorney Dale Minami, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Johnny Cepeda Gogo obtained a World War II era, 48-star, American flag with the goal of inviting all survivors of Japanese American concentration camps during WWII to sign the flag. Judge Gogo has been traveling around the country and is now on his fou...

STATEMENT: The Japanese American National Museum Denounces Anti-Asian Deportation Statement by Congresswoman

2021年07月27日

LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) denounces the recent comments by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that served to further inflame anti-Asian hate and racism when she called for the deportation of all Chinese not deemed loyal to the United States. “Since the mid-19th century, shortly after Asians first started arriving in the United States, Asians have endured racist violence, threats...

Delicious Little Tokyo Food Tour

2021年07月22日

Join the Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTHS), Little Tokyo Community Council (LTCC), and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) on a journey through Little Tokyo’s culinary past, present, and future! Bill Watanabe will lead a virtual tour of historical food landmarks found in this over 130 year old neighborhood and point out cultural highlights along the way. From the birthplace of the fortune cookie to t...

Members' Preview of "Japan After Perry: Views of Yokohama and Meiji Japan" and "Lasting Beauty: Miss Jamison and the Student Muralists"

2005年02月05日

Private viewing, available to current members and an accompanying guest throughout the day. Please show your membership card at the front desk when you arrive at the museum.