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Pioneers to Prodigy: Pioneering Asian Dancers on Film

2024年09月08日

Discover the power of dance with screenings of the documentaries Michio Ito Pioneering Dancer-Choreographer (2012, 22 minutes) and Ten Times Better (2024, 30 minutes) and a short film featuring the Music Center’s Spotlight Award Winner, Lex Ishimoto. Jennifer Lin, director of Ten Times Better, will be joined in conversation with Nancy Kwan, star of the film version of Flower Drum Song. Learn about the dancers who bro...

The Japanese American National Museum Mourns the Victims of Mass Shooting in Monterey Park, California

2023年01月22日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the victims of last night's mass shooting in Monterey Park, California. Ten people were killed and at least ten others were injured when a gunman opened fire at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park on Saturday night, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. JANM will light the beacon in the Pavilion for the next month to mark t...

A Taste of Home: Dining Out in Japanese America

2021年01月17日

FREE Japanese immigrants have worked in, owned, and sustained restaurants in the U.S. for over a century and Japanese restaurants continue to be as integral a part of Japanese America as home cooking. In this third and final part of A Taste of Home, we will examine the past, present, and future of Japanese American restaurants and dining through a conversation with Chef Akira Hirose and Jo Ann Maehara (Azay Li...

On the Passing of Judge Vincent H. Okamoto

2020年10月01日

Los Angeles, CA—As the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum, it is with sadness and much respect that I note the passing of Judge Vincent H. Okamoto, a decorated Vietnam veteran, a prominent lawyer and judge, an articulate speaker and historian and a community leader. Judge Okamoto’s personal story is remarkable. The 10th child and sixth son born in an American concentration ...

ON THE PASSING OF FRANK HAJIME WATASE

2020年09月21日

Los Angeles, CA–In my capacity as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, I wanted to convey our condolences and deepest sympathies to the family of Frank Hajime Watase at his recent passing earlier this month at the age of 96. Frank was among the first Trustees for JANM before our public opening in 1992 and served as a Governor twice. Frank believed in our mission to pres...

The Lives of Samurai Women of Kōchi and the Kunimitsu Family Scroll

2019年07月20日

There were as many samurai women as men during the Tokugawa era (1600–1868) in Japan, but their lives are often overlooked. Professor Luke Roberts of University of California, Santa Barbara, will speak about his recent research into the lives of samurai women who hailed from Kōchi, an area in southwestern Japan. Following the lecture, Roberts will be joined by Hawaii State Senator Brian Taniguchi and his wife...

The Etymology of Hapa

2018年04月28日

If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. In conjunction with JANM’s hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project exhibition, scholar Richard Keao NeSmith will discuss the origins and evolution of the word hapa, the Hawaiian interpretation of the English word “half.” His talk will address varying perspectives on who is hapa, who can or should rightfully use the term, and ...

JANM Free Family Days: Celebrating Family

2016年06月11日

FREE ALL DAY In conjunction with the Mixed Remixed Festival, JANM presents a day of activities that explore the meaning of family. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Construct a mobile to show what each member of your family means to you. Create a family out of finger puppets. Make a Father’s Day card at Ruthie’s Origami Corner. Use our Instax camera to snap instant photos of you with your famil...

FILMMAKERS NAKAMURA, ISHIZUKA, LIN, ESAKI TO DISCUSS WATASE MEDIA ARTS CENTER ON SATURDAY, AUG. 1

2009年07月17日

Filmmakers and documentarians Robert Nakamura, Karen Ishizuka, Justin Lin and John Esaki will all comment on the past, present and future of Asian American film in a special public program set for Saturday, August, 1, beginning at 1 p.m., that marks the 10 years of work created by the Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center of the Japanese American National Museum. The National Museum has been celebrating the 10 years sinc...

KOKESHI: FROM FOLK ART TO ART TOY EXHIBITION TO FEATURE OVER 300 DOLLS

2009年07月01日

A new exhibition, Kokeshi: From Folk Art to Art Toy, organized by the Los Angeles Toy, Doll & Amusements (LATDA) Museum in collaboration with the Japanese American National Museum, will bring together the traditional Japanese doll with hundreds of examples of contemporary and custom kokeshi created by American and international artists beginning on July 11 and running through October 4, 2009, at the National Museum, ...