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Henry Fukuhara Manzanar Watercolor Workshop Display

2002年08月10日

Henry Fukuhara Manzanar Watercolor Workshop on display in the Japanese American National Museum Pavilion building.

The 120,000 Tassel Tapestry, A Documentary Quilt Project on display in the National Museum Pavilion

2002年08月09日

The 120,000 Tassel Tapestry, A Documentary Quilt Project on display in the National Museum Pavilion

Cuban Japanese Women: From a Nisei and Sansei Perspective

2002年08月04日

Featuring Margarita Iwasaky Cordero of Pinar del Rio, a Nisei who works in the public health field and Naiyu Yamaguchi Rodriguez of Camaguey, an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Camaguey. Join us for a unique opportunity to learn about the Japanese Cuban experience. Both speakers are representatives of the Society of Japanese in Cuba.

Discovering Your Family Tree Workshop

2002年07月28日

Instructor: Chester Hashizume Discover your long-lost relatives and create your own family tree. This workshop will also teach you how to enter your family tree in the Museum's National Family Registry. $5 for Museum members, $11 for non-members (includes Museum admission).

Members' Reception for the exhibition, "Passports to Friendship: Celebrating 75 Years of U.S.-Japan Friendship Doll Exchange"

2002年07月27日

Open to members at the Contributing Level ($125) and above. By invitation only. RSVP required. Please call Theresa Hashimoto at 213.830.5655 for more information.

Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Japanese Girl's Hair Pin

2002年07月27日

Participants will learn how to create traditional Japanese doll hair ornaments (tsumami) out of rice paper.

Passports to Friendship

2002年07月27日 - 2002年10月13日

In 1927, millions of American and Japanese children participated in an exchange program aimed at promoting peace, goodwill and understanding between their two nations. American children sent 12,739 dolls to coincide with the traditional Japanese Girl's Day festival known as Hina Matsuri. Later that year, Japanese children reciprocated by sending 58 dolls to the U.S. in time for Christmas celebrations. Each doll ca...

Sponsors' Reception for the exhibition, "Passports to Friendship: Celebrating 75 Years of U.S.-Japan Friendship Doll Exchange"

2002年07月26日

Attendance at this private event is by invitation only.

Fresh Words and Actions

2002年07月25日

Performance Arts Series Held Every Fourth Thursday A cantankerous Chinese woman nearing the end of her life flees her home in Manila after her American grandson reveals a family secret. On the plane, she initiates an imaginary conversation with him in which she exposes the secrets of her own past. From the Second World War to the Marcos Era, from the Great Wall of China to Washington's Air and Space Museum, her ep...

International Nikkei Research Project Book Signing in San Francisco

2002年07月13日

Join us to celebrate the launching of two pioneering publications, New Worlds, New Lives: Globalization and People of Japanese Descent in the Americas and from Latin America in Japan and Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas: An Illustrated History of the Nikkei, based on the International Nikkei Research Project, a three-year collaborative project coordinated by the National Museum. Japanese Cultur...