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Joint Statement from JANM, Chinese American Museum, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, and Grand Performances on Los Angeles Protests
Jun 10, 2025
LOS ANGELES, CA – As museums and arts institutions located in downtown Los Angeles, we see everyday the vibrancy and joy of life in this community and throughout our beautiful city, shared and built by immigrants from all over the world. We take pride in the fact that many of our guests who visit us to enjoy the arts are from this community.This weekend, a manufactured crisis marked by immigration raids and aggressiv...
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JANM Mourns the Passing of The Rafu Shimpo Photojournalist, Mario Gershom Reyes
Feb 04, 2025
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) mourns the passing of Mario Gershom Reyes, a longtime photojournalist for The Rafu Shimpo. He documented the milestones, tragedies, and the victories of the Los Angeles Japanese American community for four de...
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2024 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Dragon
Jan 07, 2024
Celebrate with us at the 2025 Oshogatsu Family Festival—Year of the Snake on January 5, 2025.TICKETS FREE ALL DAYJoin us at the Japanese American National Museum as we welcome the Year of the Dragon with cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages! Traditional mochitsuki (Japanese rice pounding ritual) performance by Kodama TaikoCandy sculpture demonstrations by Shinobu “Shan the ...
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Climates of Inequality Symposium
Sep 30, 2023
Join us for a lively conversation with environmental justice leaders from Southern California as they discuss how their communities mobilize storytelling for change and to save lives. The daylong symposium includes the following speakers, as well as a screening and discussion of the documentary, Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (2021). Spanish/English interpreters will be available throughout the day. S...
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ローソン・イイチロウ・サカイのインタラクティブなストーリーファイル
Nov 28, 2021 - Jan 05, 2025
このインタラクティブな圧巻の新展示は、画期的なストーリーテリング・テクノロジーを用いており、来館者は第二次世界大戦の退役軍人であるローソン・イイチロウ・サカイと「話す」経験ができます。 この展覧会は、JANMがストーリーファイル社のテクノロジーを使い、非営利団体ジャパニーズ・アメリカン・ストーリーズの企画と共催によって開催するものです。この新しい展示は11月28日（日）午後10時（PST）、CBS「サンデーモーニング」のゴールデンタイムの１時間特別番組 「フォーエバー・ヤング：若さの泉を探して」で特集されました。 5日間におよんだ撮影で、サカイは1,000以上の質問に回答しました。彼のオーラル・ヒストリーは、その非凡な人生を余すところなく伝えます。サカイは、フランスのブリュイエール解放、「失われた大隊」救出、イタリアでのゴシックライン突破など、442連隊の全ての主要な作戦に参加し、４つのパープル・ハート勲章とブロンズ...
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‘PERSEVERANCE: JAPANESE TATTOO TRADITION IN A MODERN WORLD’ OPENS MARCH 8
Feb 04, 2014
Los Angeles – The Japanese American National Museum is pleased to present Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World from March 8, 2014 to September 14, 2014. Perseverance explores the artistry of traditional Japanese tattoos along with its rich history and influence on modern tattoo practices in this groundbreaking photographic exhibition. As Japanese tattoos have moved into the mainstream, the art...
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"Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi" by Jeanne Sakata
May 19, 2013
JABA Educational Foundation Presents: Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi (formerly Dawn's Light) by Jeanne Sakata A Tribute Event for the First Anniversary of the passing of Gordon Hirabayashi During World War II in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi agonizes over U.S. government orders to forcibly remove and imprison all people of Japanese ancestry on the W...
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Boyle Heights—Audio Diaries Project
Through the Audio Diaries project, a teen examines the wartime removal of Japanese Americans from her Boyle Heights neighborhood. The following is an edited transcription of an audio program created by a high school senior in a school near East Los Angeles. A total of 25 students from Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School participated in the Japanese American National Museum’s Audio Diaries project, produced in co...
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Wakaji Matsumoto: An Artist in Two Worlds—Wakaji Matsumoto
Wakaji Matsumoto was born to Wakamatsu and Haru (née Motoyama) Matsumoto on July 17, 1889, in Jigozen, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. In 1906, Wakaji was summoned by his father, Wakamatsu, to help with work on his farm in Los Angeles. Wakaji traveled from Japan by ship to Victoria, British Columbia and from there by boat and train to Los Angeles. Wakaji first worked as a houseboy to learn English, and ...