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Ireicho National Tour—Poston

2025年10月24日 - 2025年10月25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...

Ireicho National Tour—New York

2025年10月20日 - 2025年10月21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...

Virtual Educator Workshop—Teaching the Youth Experience of JA WWII Incarceration

2024年04月11日

Join the JANM Education Unit for this free virtual educator workshop exploring the daily lives of young Japanese Americans who came of age in America’s concentration camps. During World War II, over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly incarcerated in American concentration camps—approximately one third were children. Through photographs, personal stories, and artifacts from JANM’s collection, learn stra...

On 22: Twenty-Two Years of Creativity

2023年10月21日

Join On Ensemble—one of the most respected ensembles in the taiko world—as they celebrate twenty-two years of creativity with a special performance at JANM. Established in 2002 by childhood friends Shoji Kameda and Masato “Maz” Baba, On Ensemble infuses the powerful rhythms of taiko with a wide range of musical influences from jazz and rock to central Asian overtone singing. Modern Drummer magazine calls them “an ...

2023 Day of Remembrance

2023年02月17日

LOS ANGELES, CA – This year marks the 81st anniversary of the Day of Remembrance—a day for all of us to reflect on the injustice suffered by Japanese Americans during World War II. For many Japanese Americans, February 19 is not an abstract date in history. It is a somber day that represents many layers of loss for real people and communities. When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 on Feb...

JANM’S 2019 NATSUMATSURI FAMILY FESTIVAL OFFERS FREE FUN FOR EVERYONE

2019年07月24日

Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will present its annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 10, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities is free. Craft activities will include origami, shave ice suncatchers, and JANM’s ever-popular paper hat making. Visitors will also be able to...

"AT FIRST LIGHT" DAWNS AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM

2019年05月14日

Los Angeles, CA—At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America, a multi-media exhibition that explores and celebrates the emergence of a politically defined Asian Pacific American consciousness and identity, will open at the Japanese American National Museum on May 25 and remain on view through October 20, 2019. The exhibition is a co-production of JANM and Visual Communications (VC), the first Asian Pacific Am...

COMING TO TERMS: The Impact of World War II on American Jews and Japanese American Today

1998年03月17日

COMING TO TERMS: The Impact of World War II on American Jews and Japanese American Today Sunday, March 29, 1998 1 p.m.–5 p.m., reception to follow New York University Law School, Greenberg Lounge 42 Washington Square South FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC As a supplement to the exhibition America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience at Ellis Island Immigration Museum, this pu...

hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project - Venues

hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display April 7 – October 28, 2018. The exhibition is now traveling to other venues. See below for information about confirmed venues and dates.Interested in booking this exhibition? Download Travel Fact Sheet hapa.me Interactivity TRAVELING EXHIBITION SITES Current/Upcoming Venues Check back for updates Past Ve...

The Life and Work of George Hoshida: A Japanese American’s Journey—Resources

Bibliography The following books were used as sources in the development of this site. Hazama, Dorothy Ochia and Jane Okamaoto Komeiji, Okage Sama De: The Japanese in Hawaii. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1986 Kimura, Yukiko, Issei: Japanese Immigrants in Hawaii. Honolulu: University Of Hawaii Press, 1988 Higa, Karin M., The View from Within. Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, 1994 Lueras, Leona...