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  • BeHere / 1942 Artist Tour and Book Signing

    Dec 04, 2022

    $7 for Event Admission, FREE for members, does not include general museum admission. Join visionary artist Masaki Fujihata as he leads an exclusive tour through BeHere/1942, before it closes to the public on January 8, 2023. Masaki will host two informal tours and conversations with guests in the Taul & Sachiko Watanabe Gallery at JANM. Plus, get a chance to have Masaki sign copies of the newly published exhibiti...

  • BeHere / 1942 Artist Tour and Book Signing

    Dec 03, 2022

    $7 for Event Admission, FREE for members, does not include general museum admission. Join visionary artist Masaki Fujihata as he leads an exclusive tour through BeHere/1942, before it closes to the public on January 8, 2023. Masaki will host two informal tours and conversations with guests in the Taul & Sachiko Watanabe Gallery at JANM. Plus, get a chance to have Masaki sign copies of the newly published exhibiti...

  • Delicious Little Tokyo 2022 Food History Tour

    Jun 25, 2022 - Jun 26, 2022

    $36 per person Saturday, June 25 SOLD OUT 11 am–2 pm SOLD OUT11 am–12 pm SOLD OUT1 pm–2 pm Sunday, June 26 SOLD OUT 2 pm–3 pm Take a stroll back in time to learn about Little Tokyo’s rich food history! Join us for an educational walking and tasting tour led by Bill Watanabe and Mike Okamura of the Little Tokyo Historical Society highlighting some of Little Tokyo’s longest standing small ...

  • JANM 30th Anniversary Digital Film Festival—Sincerely Miné Okubo

    Feb 12, 2022

    FREE Join us virtually for this special screening and Q&A! Presented in response to the new short film “Sincerely Miné Okubo,” join scholars and family of Miné Okubo for a dynamic discussion on her art, humor, and legacy. Maymanah Farhat, Phil Tajitsu Nash, Seiko Buckingham, and Miya Franks will explore elements of Okubo’s life that are often overlooked, in conversation with the filmmakers Yuka Murakami and ...

  • CANCELLED: New Year’s Tales with Stanley Hayami

    Jan 08, 2022

    EVENT UPDATE As of December 27, 2021 With the rapidly increasing COVID-19 infection rates in Los Angeles County due to the Omicron variant, the Japanese American National Museum will temporarily close to the public effective immediately. The safety of our community is of paramount importance to us, as is our obligation as a public institution to do our part to support efforts to inhibit the spread of the COVI...

  • Screening and Q&A—KIKAN: The Homecoming

    Oct 02, 2021

    $16 General Admission / FREE for Members Join the cast and crew of KIKAN: The Homecoming for a screening of this film exploring the story of a Japanese American soldier during WWII. The post-screening discussion moderated by Mitch Maki (CEO, Go For Broke National Education Center) will feature writer and Director Kerwin Berk, Director of Photography Ben Arikawa, and actors Ryan Takemiya, Anna Sun, and Kealoha ...

  • Author Discussion—When Can We Go Back to America? with Susan Kamei

    Sep 25, 2021

    $10 General Admission / FREE for JANM & JACL Members In this virtual program, Susan H. Kamei will discuss her new book, When Can We Go Back to America?: Voices of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII, and the lessons that she hopes readers of all ages will take from it. She will be joined in conversation by William A. Darity Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy at Duke Univer...

  • Not Yo’ Butterfly with Nobuko Miyamoto (ft. Quetzal Flores)

    Jul 10, 2021

    $10 general / FREE for members Join Nobuko Miyamoto for a virtual celebration of her new album and memoir! She will be joined in conversation and performance by Quetzal Flores via Zoom. About the book: Not Yo’ Butterfly: My Long Song of Relocation, Race, Love, and Revolution, a new memoir, is the intimate and unflinching life story of Miyamoto—artist, activist, and mother. Beginning with the harrowing...

  • Art Break: Ghosts! with Edwin Ushiro

    Jun 01, 2021

    Edwin Ushiro is a visual artist who captures the essence of Hawaii, youth, and nostalgia in his work with a technique that’s uniquely his own. His work resonates with the echoes of his boyhood in the “slow town” of Wailuku on the Hawaiian island of Maui. In his paintings, he recalls the sun-struck days of youth, when the world was fresh and magical, but also explores the eerie folklore indigenous to dark country road...

  • Hanashi: Preserving the Story of Japanese American Service in the Forgotten War

    Apr 05, 2014

    Japanese American veterans will speak about their experiences in the Korean War. Lecture by Professor Kristine Dennehy followed by panel discussion with Korean War Veteran, Thomi Yamamoto and Richard Hawkins, Oral History Program Manager at the Go For Broke National Education Center. Q&A to follow discussion.