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Ireicho National Tour—Gila River

2025年11月01日 - 2025年11月02日

JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...

November Programs Include “Cruising J-Town” Program, JANM Book Club, and Museum Store Sunday

2025年10月27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. PSALOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has a variety of programs throughout November. Learn how Japanese Americans shaped car culture with the Cruising J-Town program, Japanese American Innovators from ArtCenter’s Transportation Design Program....

JANM Announces the 2025 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship Recipients

2025年04月10日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the recipients of the 2025 Toshizo Watanabe Democracy Fellowship. This fellowship is a yearlong professional development program designed for emerging leaders from Japan across sectors. It advances global democracy and strengthens ties between the United States and Japan by promoting democratic values. It also fosters understanding and cooperati...

JANM Celebrates the Book Launch of Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture

2024年10月09日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) celebrates the release of the new book Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture from 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. on Friday, October 25, 2024. Tickets are $5 and available at janm.org/events.During the book launch, author and Giant Robot founder, Eric Nakamura, will be joined by special guests Randall Park, Tamlyn Tomita, Martin Wong, and Dani...

‘MASTERS OF MODERN DESIGN: THE ART OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE’ DOCUMENTARY WINS LOS ANGELES AREA EMMY FOR THE ARTS

2020年07月20日

Los Angeles, CA – The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to announce that its documentary, Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience, was awarded the Los Angeles Area Emmy for the Arts in an online presentation on Saturday, July 18. The film was a co-production of KCET’s Artbound series and JANM’s Watase Media Arts Center in 2019. Masters of Modern Design focuses on five Japan...

JANM DOCUMENTARY, MASTERS OF MODERN DESIGN: THE ART OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, NOMINATED FOR LOS ANGELES AREA EMMY

2020年06月26日

Los Angeles, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is proud to announce that its documentary, Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience, has been nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy. The film was co-produced by KCET’s Artbound series and JANM’s Watase Media Arts Center in 2019. “We at JANM are immensely gratified that Masters of Modern Design has been nominated for an Emmy...

TOUR, SCREENING, AND ARTIST TALK MARK CLOSING OF JANM’S "TRANSPACIFIC BORDERLANDS"

2018年01月29日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will offer a trio of exhibition-related public programs for the closing weekend of Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo, on February 24 and 25. They include a curator-led exhibition tour, a film screening and live musical performance, and an artist talk about cultural representation. On S...

JANM’S FREE OSHOGATSU FAMILY FESTIVAL RINGS IN THE YEAR OF THE DOG

2017年12月12日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Oshogatsu Family Festival on Sunday, January 7, 2018, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the new year celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free and all ages are welcome to help ring in the Year of the Dog. Highlights of the day will include a Japanese-style lion dance; two m...

JANM’S ANNUAL NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL IS A FREE DAY OF FUN FOR ALL

2017年07月24日

Los Angeles, CA The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free. Highlights of the day will include a performance and taiko drumming workshop by Yuujou Daiko, performances by Koshin Taiko and Min...

Good Food, Classic Recipes & the Remarkable Story of Hawai‘i’s Mixed Plate

2010年08月15日

Special Book Talk & Signing of Kau Kau: Cuisine and Culture in the Hawaiian Islands Kau kau: It’s the all-purpose pidgin word for food, probably derived from the Chinese “chow chow.” On Hawai‘i’s sugar and pineapple plantations, kau kau came to encompass the amazing range of foods brought to the Islands by immigrant laborers from East and West: Japanese, Portuguese, Filipinos, Puerto Ricans, Koreans and others. On...