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“Cruising J-Town” Finale and Curator Tour

2025年12月14日

Celebrate the Japanese American community in Southern California car culture with the finale and last curator tour for JANM’s exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community. Join the drop-in tour with exhibition curator Oliver Wang at 12 p.m. and stay for other special events including short documentary film screenings and more!

Museum Store Sunday with HAKKO

2025年11月30日

Celebrate Museum Store Sunday with the JANM Store’s unique pop-up event featuring select items from the store. Yoko Maeda Lamn of HAKKO will have products like artisan koji, miso, and shoyu, and a demonstration and tasting of their pressed kioke (wooden barrel) soy sauce. Sample what it’s like to support JANM’s mission while buying gifts and supplies for the holidays!NOTE: Unfortunately, Sonoko Sakai is no longer abl...

Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Debbi Michiko Florence and Mark Nagata

2025年11月15日

Meet author Debbi Michiko Florence and artist Mark Nagata during an exclusive Members Only conversation and pre-event book signing of the new book, Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata.Monster Maker: The Strange Creatures of Mark Nagata is a biographical account of toy designer, painter, illustrator, and collector Mark Nagata. From a young age, Nagata was a fan of many classic comic book series, movies...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Senator Alan K. Simpson

2025年03月17日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Senator Alan K. Simpson, who helped steer the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 through Congress and into law alongside his colleague and lifelong friend, the late Secretary Nor...

JANM Mourns the Passing of Kanji Sahara

2025年03月03日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Kanji Sahara, a JANM Charter Member and docent, a beloved community member, and visionary in the Japanese American community.Born in Hiroshima, he grew up in Los Angeles with his parents...

JANM’s Statement on the 2025 Day of Remembrance

2025年02月19日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – Today the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) commemorates the Day of Remembrance—a day that marks a historic moment of healing and celebrates the resilience of the Japanese American community. It serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences o...

Reception for Mario Gershom Reyes

2024年12月06日

Join us for the opening of OBRAS DE LUZ (Works of Light): A 40-Year History of the Japanese American Community through the Lens of Photojournalist Mario Gershom ReyesAs a photojournalist with The Rafu Shimpo (Los Angeles’s Japanese American newspaper since 1903), Mario Reyes has documented the milestones, the tragedies, and the victories of the Japanese American community in Los Angeles. A new pop-up exhibition at JA...

JANM Announces Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Roundtable in Japan on November 2, 2024

2024年10月25日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a roundtable discussion on emerging trends in diversity, equity, and inclusion in Japan and an information session on applying to the 2025 Watanabe Democracy Fellowship. The program will be at the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public, and RSVP is recommended at janm.org/de...

NCPD@JANM Announces the Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship for Emerging Writers of Color

2023年03月27日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The National Center for the Preservation of Democracy at the Japanese American National Museum (NCPD@JANM) announces the Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship (Yamamoto Fellowship). The Yamamoto Fellowship will be awarded to two emerging writers of color who have demonstrated commitment to writing about the art of communities of color and whose unique perspectives or points of view contribute to...

Two Day Workshop—The Wonderful World of Washi

2022年10月01日 - 2022年10月02日

$64 members, $80 non-members. Plus $25 materials fee due to the instructor at the beginning of class (cash only). Limited to 12 participants. Explore the wonderful world of washi! In this class, participants will create unique washi and chigirie beads using a variety of Japanese paper craft techniques. Participants will then craft a necklace that combines their highly decorative washi beads with the subtle, monoch...