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JANM Celebrates the Oshogatsu Family Festival and Launches JANM on the Go on January 5, 2025

2024年12月12日

Editor’s note: JANM’s Pavilion to close for renovation on January 5, 2025; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the Oshogatsu Family Festival from 11 a.m.–5 p.m.on Sunday, January 5, 2025. The popular annual New Year celebration will include free crafts, performances, and cultural activities for ...

Discover Nikkei Celebrates 11th Edition of Nikkei Chronicles with Call for Nikkei Food Stories

2022年05月09日

LOS ANGELES, CA – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora, announces the 11th edition of its Nikkei Chronicles special series, an annual, themed open call for writings. “Nikkei” refers to Japanese migrants and their descendants. This year’s theme, Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Commu...

The Japanese American National Museum Mourns the Passing of Board of Trustees Chair Norman Y. Mineta

2022年05月03日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of an extraordinary leader, friend, and JANM Board of Trustees Chair, the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta. Secretary Mineta was 90 when he passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at his home in Edgewater, Maryland. Over thirty years ago, volunteers invested in the vision for a museum that would preserve Japanese American histo...

Jewelry Workshop—The World of "Washi": Beginner Class

2018年05月05日 - 2018年05月06日

Saturday–Sunday, May 5–6 11 a.m.–4 p.m. The World of Washi workshop series continues with two projects demonstrating that hand-made washi beads can be unique and elegant: a delicate necklace crimped on a gold/silver chain and a memory-wire bracelet of semi-precious stones and washi danglies. The technical challenges will be crimping and looping. All materials will be provided. Bring a shoebox for su...

Panel Discussion—The Women of Tuna Canyon Detention Station

2017年03月04日

In honor of Women’s History Month and in conjunction with Only the Oaks Remain: The Story of Tuna Canyon Detention Station, JANM presents a special panel discussion highlighting the stories of women who were left behind as their husbands and fathers were imprisoned at Tuna Canyon. The event will include personal reflections on the era as well as readings by historians. Free with museum admission. RSVPs are recomme...

Dramatic Reading—"Death of a Salesman"

2016年08月21日

Arthur Miller’s iconic play revolves around traveling salesman Willy Loman, who cannot understand how he has failed to achieve success and happiness. The probing drama reveals how Loman’s relentless quest for the "American Dream" has kept him alienated from his wife, his sons, and his friends. A thrilling and deeply revelatory tragedy, Death of a Salesman is an enduring classic of American theater. This unique...

Civil Rights Today: The Legacy of Minoru Yasui

2016年04月30日

Minoru “Min” Yasui was a young Nisei attorney in Oregon during World War II when he violated the military curfew imposed upon all persons of Japanese ancestry in order to bring a test case to court. He lost that case in the U.S. Supreme Court, but nearly 40 years later he reopened it as part of the coram nobis litigation brought by young Sansei attorneys in 1983. Recognized posthumously by President Obama with a Pres...

2016 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Monkey

2016年01月03日

FREE ALL DAY! Ring in the Year of the Monkey with food, crafts, cultural activities, and performances! Watch Kodama Taiko pound fresh New Year mochi for you Enjoy a Japanese-style lion dance and hip hop dance performances Sample a variety of traditional Japanese New Year foods See Shan the Candyman create amazing monkey candy sculptures, which will be raffled off throughout the day See below for c...

A Celebration of Japanese American Culture

2007年11月10日

At the Glendale Public Library 222 East Harvard St., Glendale, CA 91205 FREE! National Museum volunteers Ruthie Kitagawa (origami), Hal Keimi (taiko), and Rodney Kageyama (storytelling) share their expertise with the citizens of Glendale in this festive celebration of Japanese American culture.

SCHEDULE—2022 NEH Landmarks Little Tokyo Workshop

Scheduling information for “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations," a NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop for teachers.