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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2018年03月03日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

Okaeri 2016: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering

2016年10月14日 - 2016年10月15日

Friday, October 14 – Saturday, October 15 Following the historic launch of Okaeri: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering in 2014, JANM is proud to host the group’s second conference in 2016. While the Nikkei community has been a comforting home for many, too many LGBTQ Japanese Americans are estranged from their families and face discrimination. The goal of Okaeri, which means "welcome home" in Japanese, is to support...

Big Trouble in Little Tokyo presents "The Motel"

2015年09月09日

An underappreciated gem that premiered to strong reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, The Motel is the heartwarming story of an Asian American boy coming of age. Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at an hourly-rate suburban motel. Alienated from his family, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a troubled yet charismatic Korean man who checks in to the motel and teaches the fatherless boy the rites of manhood...

"Two Spirits, One Heart: a Mother, Her Transgender Son, and their Journey to Love and Acceptance" by Marsha Aizumi with Aiden Aizumi

2013年03月16日

In Two Spirits, One Heart, Marsha Aizumi shares her compelling story of parenting a young woman who came out as a lesbian, then transitioned to male. This inspiring memoir chronicles Marsha’s personal journey from fear, uncertainty, and sadness to unconditional love, acceptance, and support of her son, Aiden, who struggled to reconcile his gender identity. Q&A with Marsha and Aiden Aizumi to follow.

Target Free Family Saturday: Wild Things

2011年05月14日

FREE ALL DAY! Delight in a day of family fun that explores the wild world of animals! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Take a walk on the wild side by making an animal mask to wear! Spotted or striped? Friendly or fierce? Create an animal puppet with a mix of fun...

Coming to America in the 1960s

2011年03月19日

Featuring: Immigrant Etsuko Wada and her Bi-racial Daughter Grace The Occupation of Japan in the post-World War II era brought about major changes, including marriages between Japanese and Americans and the birth of their bi-racial children. While the changing American immigration laws allowed Japanese to migrate in the 1960s to the U.S., Japanese parents and their hapa children faced many cultural challenges to f...

Sogetsu Ikebana School Demonstration

2006年06月24日

Madame Yoshu Miyahara, Director of Sogetsu Ikebana School in Los Angeles, leads a special demonstration on how flower and plant materials can be transformed into sublime tributes to nature. Witness the creation of elaborate three-dimensional artistic expressions.

2000 New Year Family Celebration

2000年01月02日

Celebrate the New Year at the Museum with family and friends by enjoying a fun-filled, festive afternoon of taiko drumming, Japanese archery, and New Year’s arts and crafts. Kids of all ages will enjoy making nenga, traditional Japanese New Year postcards, and darumas, a symbol of perseverance, to help make New Year’s wishes come true. Don’t miss out on other New Year’s activities planned throughout Little Tokyo. ...

Award Winning Illustrator and Children's Author Allen Say Reads “Tea With Milk” at Japanese American National Museum Sunday, Aug. 8

1999年08月01日

LOS ANGELES—Allen Say, winner of the 1994 Randolph Caldecott Medal for most distinguished picture book for children and the Boston Globe—Horn Book Award for outstanding illustration, will read and sign his latest book, Tea With Milk, on Sunday, August 8 at 1 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. On Sunday, August 22 at 4 p.m., the Museum Book Store will host a drawing for a signed and framed Tea With Milk po...

California Asian Cuisine with Chef Randy Saito

1997年06月28日

Japanese American Cuisine Series Lecture/Demonstrations Randy Saito, the executive chef at downtown Los Angeles’ Hyatt Regency Hotel, demonstates his culinary skills in creating his specialty—California Asian cuisine as part of the popular Japanese American Cuisine series program. Cooking since the age of 8, Chef Saito grew up in Maui, Hawai‘i where his father was an executive chef. For the past 17 years, Chef...