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JANM Free Family Days: Mele Kalikimaka

2015年12月12日

FREE ALL DAY Celebrate the holidays island-style, as our friends at KoAloha Ukulele lead performances, workshops, craft activities, and other holiday-inspired fun. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: Decorate a miniature paper palm tree. Build a Hawaiian-style snowman. Make a festive paper Japanese lantern at Ruthie’s Origami Corner. SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES: 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. / 1:30 p.m.–...

Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration

2015年12月05日 - 2015年12月06日

Saturday, December 5 • 2 p.m. Sunday, December 6 • 2 p.m. FREE The Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu or sado) is a highly choreographed ritual of preparing and serving green tea (matcha) with traditional sweets to balance the bitter taste of the tea. In the early Meiji era, Kyoto Prefecture held the first tea exposition in Japan. The governor of Kyoto asked the 11th Urasenke Grand Tea Master, Gengensa...

"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2015年12月05日

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

5th Annual LA International Tea Festival

2015年12月05日 - 2015年12月06日

Saturday, December 5–Sunday, December 6 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Los Angeles International Tea Festival celebrates worldwide tea culture by bringing together authors, industry experts, buyers, retailers, artists, educators, and tea lovers from around the country. Sample fine teas from all over the world, attend stimulating presentations, and meet premier suppliers, all in one place. Presented by Chado Tea Roo...

Edible Adventures: Little Tokyo Sushi Graze

2015年12月05日

Take a stroll through Little Tokyo and sample some of the many different ways to experience sushi—maki, inari, chirashi, kaiten. On this guided tour, sushi masters will tell stories that evoke the 130-year history of the neighborhood. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. $64 members; $80 non-members. Food and museum admission included. Reserve early; limited to 12 participants.

JANM ANNOUNCES NEW VP OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS

2015年11月30日

Rick Noguchi has been hired as Vice President of External Relations for the Japanese American National Museum. He began his role on November 16. Noguchi reports to JANM President and CEO Greg Kimura. The hiring marks a return to the museum for Noguchi, who previously held positions there in public programs and development. He has more than 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, serving in various mana...

Little Tokyo Walking Tour

2015年11月28日

Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting.

EDITORS ROBINSON, CREEF TO DISCUSS MINE OKUBO ANTHOLOGY MARCH 7

2009年03月03日

A special presentation of excerpts from the new anthology, Mine Okubo: Following Her Own Road, will be presented by the book’s editors, Greg Robinson and Elena Tajima Creef, at a public program set for Saturday, March 7, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. The anthology is an examination of the life and works of artist Mine Okubo (1912-2001), a pioneering Nisei artist and ...

MUSEUM ADDS 500 MORE IMAGES ONLINE FROM TOYO MIYATAKE-RAFU SHIMPO COLLECTION

2009年02月24日

The Japanese American National Museum recently added 500 more images to its Web site from its Toyo Miyatake/Rafu Shimpo Collection, a series of over 9,500 negatives and photographs taken by Toyo Miyatake Studios for the Rafu Shimpo beginning in the 1950s and continuing into the 1980s. The Rafu Shimpo, which was founded in 1903, is Southern California’s largest Japanese-English newspaper. Beginning in the 1950s, it...

2009 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, ‘FORGING ALLIANCES', SET FOR FEB. 21

2009年02月13日

The organizing committee for the 2009 Day of Remembrance program, set for Saturday, February 21, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, announced that the theme for this year’s program will be, "Forging Alliances: Connecting Nikkei to Current Immigration". The keynote speaker will be Professor Roger Daniels, a nationally-recognized scholar in the area of immigration and the Japanese American Wo...