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Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: Summer Floral Cards

2018年06月23日

SOLD OUT FREE Learn to make a summery floral card. This workshop is free, but RSVPs are required using the link below. Limited to 25 participants. This workshop is sold out. To be placed on a waitlist, please email visitorservices@janm.org. This free workshop is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs.

Okaeri: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering

2014年11月15日

Okaeri is a day of educational and storytelling workshops for LGBTQ members of the Nikkei community and their friends, family, and allies. All are welcome to come and share support and resources as we work to build an inclusive Nikkei community. For information and to register, visit okaeri-la.org. Click this link to read an interview with lead organizer of Okaeri, Marsha Aizumi>>

"The Karate Kid" 30th Anniversary Celebration

2014年09月09日

If you missed the program, you can watch the post-screening discussion online on JANM’s YouTube channel. 6 p.m.: Reception with Light Refreshments 7 p.m.: Screening 9 p.m.: Panel Discussion Join us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the beloved film The Karate Kid, starring Pat Morita as the wise Mr. Miyagi and Ralph Macchio as his devoted karate student. JANM’s special guests this...

Xploration Lab 2012

2012年03月17日 - 2012年08月26日

Part-classroom, part-exhibition prototype; participate and experiment with hands-on activities designed to engage audiences of all ages in an exploration of culture and identity. Within the Xploration Lab galleries are numerous activities related to the concept of identity. Everyday, we interact within a variety of social categories that we embrace or not. How we choose to interact within these various categories ...

Fighting for Democracy

2011年05月28日 - 2011年08月28日

Through the diverse perspectives of seven ordinary citizens whose lives and communities were forever changed by World War II, this exhibition asks visitors to think critically about freedom, history, and, ultimately, the ongoing struggle to live democratically in a diverse America. Fighting For Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? is presented by the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, an...

Digging Amache: Revealing a Confined Community

2011年05月22日

Archaeology is popularly associated with ancient remains, but the techniques of the discipline can be a particularly valuable tool for better understanding more recent, shadowed histories, like the interment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Since 2006, the University of Denver (DU) has been engaged in archaeological research at the Granada Relocation Center National Historic Landmark, better known as Amach...

Introduction to Blue-Indigo Dyeing with Shibori Girl

2011年03月19日 - 2011年03月16日

This workshop is a hands-on experience of dyeing with indigo on various natural textiles—cotton, silk, linen, bamboo, and hemp. Various types of vats and their preparation will be discussed as well as many indigo samples will be on hand to inspect. Come dressed in studio attire, bring rubber gloves, and a love of the color blue! $35 members; $45 non-members, an additional $25 materials fee (cash only) will be coll...

Picture Brides

2010年05月30日

Dr. Michiko Midge Ayukawa will shed light on the lives and histories of picture brides—Issei women who came to North America to marry husbands they knew only from photographs— and how they affected the community. Michiko Midge Ayukawa was born in Vancouver, B.C. During World War II, she was incarcerated for four years at Lemon Creek, in the Slocan Valley, Canada. Her family resettled in Hamilton, Ontario. After ob...

America's Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience

1998年03月25日

PUBLIC PROGRAMS "COMING TO TERMS: The Impact of World War II on American Jews and Japanese Americans Today" Sunday, March 29, 1998 1 p.m.–5 pm New York University Law Library – Greenberg Lounge This public program brings the American Jewish and Japanese American communities together in an examination of the history of each group in relation to World War II. The audience will be engaged in a discus...

Sumo U.S.A.: Wrestling the Grand Tradition Opens at the Japanese American National Museum

1997年07月01日

Sumo U.S.A.: Wrestling the Grand Tradition opens at the Japanese American National Museum, Thursday, July 3, 1997. Adapted and expanded from an exhibition initially mounted by the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, Sumo U.S.A. focuses on how Japan’s national sport came to the United States along with thousands of immigrants at the turn of the Century and the important role it played in the Japanese American c...