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  • FREE Fall Day!

    Oct 16, 2021

    Celebrate fall and the reopening of our neighborhood with JANM and other community organizations! On October 16, 2021, JANM will be open for FREE to the public as part of the Haunted Little Tokyo festivities. Reservations in advance are still recommended. Special spooky activities to be announced. Plus, check out our partners at East West Players as they launch This Alley is Haunted, a one day FREE immersive site-...

  • Tea & Letter Writing: letters to ghosts

    Oct 06, 2021

    $10 Suggested Donation Gather with us in the comfort of your own home to share tea and conversation in this virtual program! This month we’ll be exploring ghosts, hauntings, and memories. Join traci kato-kiriyama, former Little Tokyo +LAB Artist-in-Residence at JANM, and Mya Worrell, zine maker and writer, for creative zine making and writing. Make yourself a cup of tea, get comfortable, and join us online for thi...

  • Two-Day Workshop: "Shibori" On! Continuing Explorations in "Shibori" and Indigo

    May 19, 2018 - May 20, 2018

    In this two-day workshop, participants will continue working with indigo and shibori dyeing using a broad selection of beautiful vintage and one-of-a-kind fabrics. Shibori techniques of itajime, arashi, nui, and more will be practiced with both new and continuing students. Bring scissors and a seam ripper. $72 members, $90 non-members, plus $40 materials fee due to instructor at the beginning of class (cash only)....

  • Perseverance at Canterbury Museum (Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND)

    May 20, 2017 - Aug 13, 2017

    TRAVELING EXHIBITION Canterbury Museum Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World is a groundbreaking photographic exhibition that explores the master craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattoos and their enduring influence on modern tattoo practices. Even as Japanese-style tattooing has moved into the mainstream, it remains an enigmatic and misunderstood ...

  • FAMILY TO PRESENT ISSEI WOMAN'S POETRY AT PROGRAM SET FOR NOV. 6

    Oct 30, 2010

    The daughter and granddaughter will make a special presentation of the Japanese poetry and life of Shizue Harada in a program set for Saturday, November 6, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. The Uyeki family will present a reading of Sanae, Senryu Poet: Her Life in 5-7-5, highlighted with accompanying visual images called haiga created by her granddaughter. Shizue Harada came to the Unit...

  • JAPANESE WOMEN'S RIGHTS PIONEER BEATE SIROTA GORDON TO RELATE HER STORY ON MAY 16

    Apr 23, 2010

    The only woman to play a role in the writing of the Japanese Constitution, Beate Sirota Gordon, will speak about her memories in advocating for equal rights for Japanese women, on Sunday, May 16 at the Japanese American National Museum’s Tateuchi Democracy Forum in her first speaking engagement in Southern California. This program is organized in partnership between the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation an...

  • NEW DOCUMENTARY ON JAPANESE MEXICAN COMMUNITY IN TIJUANA TO AIR APRIL 4

    Mar 29, 2009

    A new documentary, "El Mexico Mas Cercano A Japon/The Closest Mexico to Japan", which tells the story of hundreds of Japanese families who immigrated to Mexico and created a small community in Tijuana, will be screened at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, April 4, beginning at 2 p.m. Directed by Shinpei Takeda, who is an immigrant from Japan, the film focuses on approximately 130 Japanese families...

  • ID FILM FEST TO FOCUS ON GLOBAL ASIAN IDENTITY

    Sep 11, 2008

    The inaugural ID Film Fest, a new festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity crisis in the diverse Asian/Pacific Islander communities, will showcase an international line-up of new and first-time locally-screened documentaries from Thursday, Sept. 25 through Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Japanese American National Museum’s Democracy Forum. The screenings are free to National Museu...

  • SOGETSU IKEBANA SCHOOL TO PROVIDE DEMONSTRATION JULY 20

    Jul 24, 2008

    The Sogetsu Ikebana Los Angeles Branch, one of the three local Japanese flower arranging schools creating and maintaining installations as part of the Japanese American National Museum’s exhibition, Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art, will give a demonstration on Sunday, July 20, beginning at 2 p.m., at the National Museum in Little Tokyo. Living Flowers is an innovative exhibition that features traditio...

  • Sugar/Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai‘i—The Art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara - JANM Store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now