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  • What Does It Mean to Be Nikkei in 2021?

    Feb 06, 2021

    FREE In 2018, The Nippon Foundation, in collaboration with JANM, launched the Global Nikkei Young Adult Research Project to examine how young adult Nikkei around the world feel about and express their Japanese heritage. Analyzing the data from a worldwide survey and global regional focus groups, the project sought to obtain a deeper understanding of their similarities and differences, as well as their cel...

  • 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...

  • PREMIERE and Q&A—ATOMIC CAFE: The Noisiest Corner in J-Town

    Sep 27, 2020

    FREE In the late 1970s, when L.A.’s punk rock scene was exploding, an unlikely family-owned restaurant in Little Tokyo started by Japanese Americans returning from America’s WWII concentration camps became one of its most popular hang-outs. That’s when Sansei “Atomic Nancy” with her “take-no-prisoners” punk make-up and demeanor took the café over from her parents and cranked up the jukebox. Infamous for its eclec...

  • ONLINE Tea & Letter Writing: summer lovin’

    Jun 10, 2020

    FREE During these tea & letter writing sessions, we are taking time to reach out to those we love who are the most vulnerable or isolated in this time. This session we are focusing especially on queer and trans people of color who are currently incarcerated. We will also provide time for creative reflection and letters of self love. Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation an...

  • Film Screening and Q&A—"Sophie and the Rising Sun"

    Nov 16, 2019

    Set in the autumn of 1941 in Salty Creek, a fishing village in South Carolina, this film tells the dramatic story of interracial lovers swept up in the tides of history. As World War II rages, a wounded stranger, Mr. Ohta, appears in town under mysterious circumstances. Sophie, a native of Salty Creek, quickly becomes transfixed by Mr. Ohta and a forbidden courtship blossoms. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, a sur...

  • Contested Histories at Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center (Bridgeton, NJ)

    Jul 20, 2019 - Jul 21, 2019

    TRAVELING DISPLAYSeabrook Educational and Cultural CenterBridgeton, NJSaturday: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.Sunday: 12 p.m.–3 p.m. 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 created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first bo...

  • Contested Histories at Midwest Buddhist Temple (Chicago, IL)

    May 17, 2019

    TRAVELING DISPLAYMidwest Buddhist TempleChicago, IL10:45 a.m.–5 p.m.FREE and open to the public 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 created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine any as...

  • "Behind Barbed Wire" Book Signing and Reception with Paul Kitagaki Jr.

    Apr 20, 2019

    SOLD OUT To commemorate the upcoming release of his new book, Behind Barbed Wire, and in celebration of his highly regarded exhibition, Gambatte! Legacy of an Enduring Spirit, join photographer Paul Kitagaki Jr. for a special reception with several of the exhibition’s subjects. Kitagaki will also be signing copies of his forthcoming book, which has an official publication date of September 2019, but he will be off...

  • ZÓCALO—Is the Digital Age Making Museums Obsolete?

    Feb 28, 2019

    A Zócalo/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Event at JANM’s National Center for the Preservation of Democracy Moderated by Gregory Rodriguez, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Zócalo Public Square Before the digital age, museums were places where people went to acquire knowledge. But now most of the information and images contained in museums are available on your smartphone. So how can ...

  • Rhythm and Rice

    A look at the longtime, ongoing New Year’s mochitsuki tradition in Livingston, CA. It features interviews conducted by JANM’s Director of Collections Management & Access Kristen Hayashi with Sherman Kishi, Dawn Nakashima, Aya Newman, and Harrison Uyematsu. Directed by Evan Kodani 8 minutes Created in conjunction with JANM’s A Taste of Home program series, supported by the Consulate General of Japan in Los...