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Kokoro2021—Virtual Craft Show
2021年11月01日 - 2021年11月15日
The 13th Annual Kokoro Craft Show is virtual again this year! Although the pandemic has prevented the in-person Kokoro Craft Show from occurring two years in a row, there will be more than 60 vendors this year, most of whom are new. Shoppers can begin viewing vendor’s products on November 1 for two weeks at the new website, www.kokorocraftshow.com. During this special shopping period, buy products from the vendor...
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Time After Time Capsule Drop-Off Day
2016年12月15日
FREE Bring a cherished personal item or a colorfully decorated letter to your future self to be placed in the gigantic Hello Kitty time capsule by kawaii artist Sebastian Masuda. (Masuda will not be here for the drop-off day. If you would like to meet him in person, please join us for a workshop with the artist at JANM’s Oshogatsu Family Festival on January 8.) Masuda is organizing a total of 10 translucent tim...
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"Folding Paper" Exhibition Tour
2012年04月14日
Walkthrough of Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami with curator Meher McArthur.
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No Victory Ever Stays Won
2010年11月21日 - 2010年12月11日
In 1920, America was reeling from a post-World War I fear that the Communist Revolution that had taken place in Russia would spread to the United States. As is often the case when fear outweighs rational debate, civil liberties paid the price. The ACLU evolved over the next 90 years from a small group of idealists committed to protecting Americans’ civil liberties into one of the nation’s premier defender of the r...
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Shibori Class with Shibori Girl
2010年08月07日
This half day workshop will introduce you to three basic traditional shibori techniques-makiage (stitched and bound), itajime (fold and clamp), and arashi (pole wrapped) shibori on silk. Traditional and contemporary samples from my collection will be on hand for observation as well as many favorite books on the subject from my library. Using a non-toxic cold water dye for silk that needs no chemicals or heat to...
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Gokurosama
2009年02月14日 - 2009年05月24日
Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i is an exhibition of 35 black & white portraits by Honolulu photographer Brian Y. Sato. The term gokurōsama, which is used to express appreciation of someone’s hard work and sacrifice, embodies the spirit and cultural heritage of these second-generation (Nisei) Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i. Starting in 2002, Sato photographed more than 70 Nisei from O‘ahu a...
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Japanese American National Museum Presents Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award To Buddy Takata At Recognition Dinner
2001年05月01日
The 2000 Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award was presented to Buddy Takata at the Japanese American National Museum’s annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner & Awards Presentation on Friday, April 6 in the George and Sakaye Aratani Central Hall of the National Museum’s Pavilion. The Miki Tanimura Outstanding Volunteer Award was established by the National Museum to honor one volunteer each year who made an e...
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Sumo USA: Video Play-by-Play
1997年10月12日
Learn about the ceremony and technicalities of the art of sumo competition. Gordon Berger, professor of history at the University of Southern California and sumo radio commentator, will take us frame by frame through sumo video footage to explain this ceremonial sport for a deeper understanding and appreciation of sumo wrestling. Free with Museum admission. Reservations suggested.
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Nothing But The Real Thing, Baby: 100% Kona Coffee At The Japanese American National Museum
1997年02月01日
For all those coffee connoisseurs who feel defrauded by the recent allegations that a major Kona coffee distributor has been actually passing off inferior quality beans from Central America as the real taste of Hawai‘i, the Japanese American National Museum is featuring authentic Kona coffee in its upcoming exhibit, The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawai‘i Belt Road. Kona Kai Farms, one of the biggest brokers ...