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POSTPONED: Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Arthur Hansen

2022年01月22日

EVENT UPDATE Due to the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, this program is postponed until further notice. All those who have already RSVPed will be contacted when a new date is set. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the ...

Outdoor Movie Screening: "The Crimson Kimono" (1959)

2019年10月17日

FREE and open to the public The Crimson Kimono is presented by the Haunted Little Tokyo Film Festival in partnership with the Japanese American National Museum and Visual Communications. This 1959 black and white film stars James Shigeta as Detective Joe Kojaku and Glenn Corbett as Detective Sgt. Charlie Bancroft—two cops who are friends and Korean War veterans who attempt to solve the murder of a local e...

Hanashi Oral History Pop Up

2019年09月21日

FREE Come see a selection of Go For Broke National Education Center’s Hanashi (“to talk”) Oral Histories. GFBNEC has been recording interviews of Nisei veterans of World War II as well as their contemporaries in the armed forces for over twenty years. Stay for as many interviews as you like; this day-long opportunity does not have formal presentations or introductions. Presented in partnership with Go For Broke...

Edible Adventures: Graze Little Tokyo

2019年04月20日

SOLD OUT On this culinary walking tour, explore the hidden corners of Little Tokyo and hear stories of the neighborhood’s past while sampling tasty snacks. Food stops will include renowned mochi makers Fugetsu-Do, mochi ice cream inventors Mikawaya, and popular imagawayaki (red bean cake) seller Mitsuru Café, while neighborhood stops will include Union Church of Los Angeles/East West Players, Koyasan Bei...

Members Only Meet-and-Greet with Frank Abe and Greg Robinson

2019年02月02日

All members are invited to this exclusive reception with Frank Abe and Greg Robinson, editors of John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy, prior to the discussion about the book at 2 p.m. Space is limited. RSVP by January 29 using the link below. You can also contact memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646.

Only the Oaks Remain

2016年12月10日 - 2017年04月09日

Only the Oaks Remain: The Story of Tuna Canyon Detention Station tells the true stories of those targeted as dangerous enemy aliens and imprisoned in the Tuna Canyon Detention Station, located in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles, by the US Department of Justice during World War II. Photographs, letters, and diaries bring the experiences of prisoners—who included Japanese, German, and Italian immigrants and Jap...

Film Screening and Panel Discussion—"To Climb a Gold Mountain"

2016年03月26日

In honor of Women’s History Month, JANM presents To Climb a Gold Mountain (2015), a documentary that tells the story of Los Angeles through the eyes of four immigrant Chinese women. Covering a span of 160 years, each woman featured in the film faced a different set of challenges, fighting in her own unique way to make a difference. Included are Anna May Wong, a groundbreaking actress who achieved success and ...

A Samurai’s Life

2015年10月24日

In honor of Family History Month, UC Santa Barbara Professor of History Luke Roberts will present a lecture on the life of samurai Yoshiki Mori (1768–1807), who was a retainer for the Yamauchi lord of the Tosa domain. The talk will draw from Mori’s diary, his letters, and historical records, and will include a discussion of challenges faced by Roberts while researching samurai family history. Roberts is a speciali...

"Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life" by Diane C. Fujino

2012年08月04日

The first biography of Asian American activist and Black Panther Party member Richard Aoki An iconic figure of the Asian American Movement, Richard Aoki (1938-2009) was also, as the most prominent non-black member of the Black Panther Party, a key architect of Afro-Asian solidarity in the 1960s and 70s. His life story exposes the personal side of political activism as it illuminates the history of ethnic nationali...

IKENOBO IKEBANA SOCIETY TO GIVE DEMONSTRATION AT NATIONAL MUSEUM JUNE 22

2008年06月18日

The Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Los Angeles, one of the three local Japanese flower arranging schools creating and maintaining installations as part of the Japanese American National Museum’s exhibition, Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art, will give a demonstration on Sunday, June 22, beginning at 2 p.m., at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. Living Flowers is an innovative exhibition that features trad...