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  • Holiday Tales with Stanley Hayami

    Dec 18, 2021 - Dec 19, 2021

    In this immersive experience, get transported back to the 1940s with actor Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa, the voice of Stanley Hayami in A Life in Pieces, as he reads aloud from the letters and diaries of Stanley. Diary entries and letters will be selected from his time during the winter holidays in the Heart Mountain concentration camp and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Please note there will be three similar readings...

  • Tea & Letter Writing: reflections

    Aug 11, 2021

    Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation and celebrate the second anniversary of our Tea & Letter Writing series! Join traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine maker and writer, for reflective letter writing and zine creation. Make yourself a cup of tea, get comfortable, and join us online for this interactive bi-monthly progr...

  • Building & Bridging (Part II): Building Relationships into the Future

    Feb 12, 2021

    FREE Japanese corporations and Japanese American communities have a long and complex history that weaves together stories of immigration, industrial expansion, and the building of neighborhoods, businesses, and banks. With a focus on Los Angeles, this two part program brings together speakers that represent a broad spectrum of Japanese corporations in the U.S. and Japanese American communities to discuss ...

  • MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes at Azay!

    Jan 08, 2021

    FREE for members Get an exclusive, behind the scenes tour of a restaurant during the busiest holiday of the year! Azay Little Tokyo, with Chef Akira Hirose, will show the process of developing and preparing their special Oshogatsu menu. Only for members! RSVPs are required using this form or by contacting memberevents@janm.org or 213.830.5646 by Tuesday, January 5. RSVP NOW This event is presented in conj...

  • 2020 JACSC Education Conference: Connecting, Empowering, & Transforming Our Communities

    Oct 17, 2020 - Oct 18, 2020

    FREE Please join the Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium (JACSC) for the first virtual JACSC education conference. Founded on the idea that we are stronger together than on our own, JACSC aims to bring together practitioners in preservation, education, and advocacy related to the Japanese American experience. This free opportunity includes educational sessions and inspiring conversations with our nat...

  • JANM Digital Film Festival: Madame Fujima Kansuma Q&A

    Jun 26, 2020

    FREE Madame Fujima Kansuma shares the life of the celebrated Japanese American kabuki dancer and teacher with a career beginning in the early 1940s and spanning decades. Join filmmaker Yuka Murakami for a discussion around the legacy of Madame Kansuma with Madame Kansuma’s daughter, Miyako Tachibana, and longtime student, June Berk, who were both featured in the film produced for a celebration of Kansuma’s ...

  • Anti-Asian Racism Past & Present / Our Hopes for the Future

    May 28, 2020

    FREE During this global pandemic, we hear reports of attacks on Asians and Asian Americans across the country. We are confronted by cycles of blame and fear on those who are perceived to be from China. Asian Americans young and old fear leaving their houses while masked. We also see Asians and Asian Americans speaking out against hate and violence, as well as communities of color rising up with mutual aid effo...

  • VIRTUAL TALK: Contested Histories on the Road with Clement Hanami

    Apr 30, 2020

    Dive into the experience of traveling across the country with the Contested Histories: Art and Artifacts from the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection special display, from program developer and curator Clement Hanami in this live presentation and Q&A! Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects crea...

  • Memory Crafting: How Do We Remember the Unspeakable, A Yonsei Perspective

    Mar 07, 2020

    SOLD OUT FREE Our community and cultural institutions, researchers, family members, artists, and many others have created priceless archives of Japanese American history. The effort to preserve, with tremendous contributions from many generations in our community, have given Yonsei, Gosei, and future generations important resources to learn and understand our community history, especially surrounding incarcerat...

  • Tea & Letter Writing: gathering in relaxation, expression & conversation

    Nov 07, 2019

    Do you miss the art of letter writing? Would you like the opportunity to write a letter to the future of Little Tokyo or to a future stakeholder of this community? Gather with us in a relaxed atmosphere to share tea and conversation and write letters—with plenty of prompts provided by traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM. Come write about your hopes and dreams for the future of...