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2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

2025年08月16日

Celebrate summer with us at JANM’s Democracy Center and the Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!Cultural performancesStorytime with author and racecar driver Nadine Sachiko HsuFun summer-themed crafts and origamiExclusive activities connected to JANM’s new exhibition, Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei CommunityAn...

JANM on the Go at the GVJCI Car Show

2025年08月16日

JANM will have a booth at the car show, which will include Pinewood Derby Races, free games for kids, vendor booths, food trucks, and more. Stop by JANM’s booth to make a Cruising J-Town origami car!

JANM Condemns Reshaping of Smithsonian Museums to Fit Administration’s Historical Interpretation

2025年08月14日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) condemns the Administration’s directive to reshape Smithsonian museums to conform to its prescribed historical interpretation ahead of the US semiquincentennial in 2026. In a letter to Smithsonian Secretary L...

JANM Condemns Federal Operation on Its Grounds

2025年08月14日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is outraged by the presence of armed federal agents on its Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza today, an effort to intimidate speakers at the Museum’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center), which was the chosen venue for a press conference held by Governor Gavin Newsom and other state and federal elected offici...

JANM Presents Free 2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 16

2025年08月11日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) presents the 2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 16, 2025 from 12 p.m.–5 p.m. The free family festival celebrates the summer at JANM’s Democracy Center and the Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Pla...

2025 Natsumatsuri Family Festival is on Saturday, August 16

2025年08月11日

Media AdvisoryWHAT: Celebrate summer with us at JANM’s Democracy Center and the Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza featuring free cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages!The festival is sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Nissan Foundation, the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, and the Port of Long Beach. The media sponsor is T...

The Democracy Center presents “Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity” from August 21–23

2025年08月06日

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – The Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) at the Japanese National Museum (JANM) presents Breaking the Frame: Two Solo Shows on Art and Identity from Thursday, August 21, through Saturday, August 23, 2025,...

“Cruising J-Town”—JANM Members Morning Preview

2025年08月02日

Join us for a special Members Only preview of JANM’s new exhibition Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community.Cruising J-Town tells the stories of influential figures and everyday car lovers alike who have played vital roles in countless car scenes—from hot rods and lowriders to the import craze and drift racing.Get a first look at the five classic cars that anchor the exhibition: George Nakamura’s 19...

Exhibition Opening for Cruising J-Town

2025年07月31日

Celebrate Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community with an opening reception hosted by the ArtCenter College of Design!See the exhibition’s five classic cars: George Nakamura’s 1940s “Meteor” hot rod; Brian Omatsu’s custom 1951 Mercury coupe known as the “Purple Reign”; a 1956 Ford F100 pickup truck owned by Kirk Shimazu; Tod Kaneko’s 1973 Datsun 510, one of the models that launched the import car cr...

Cruising J-Town

2025年07月31日 - 2025年12月13日

JANM on the Go presents Cruising J-Town in Pasadena, CA Peter and Merle Mullin Gallery Wednesday–Sunday: 12 p.m.–5 p.m. Free admission; ticket reservations recommended. Car culture has long been synonymous with Southern California. What we drive for work and play have been literal and symbolic vehicles of personal expression, community identity, and social mobility. This has been especially true for the Southland’s J...