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  • My Man Kono—JANM Night at Pan Asian Rep (New York)

    Feb 28, 2025

    Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, New York, presents the World Premiere of My Man Kono through March 9, 2025.Join JANM Members and friends during JANM Night for an exciting performance of My Man Kono and a special talk-back and reception with playwright Philip W. Chung, director Jeff Liu, and the actors as part of JANM on the Go.In pursuit of the American Dream, Japanese émigré Toraichi Kono becomes a loyal confidante of ...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Sakaye Aratani

    Apr 02, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns Sakaye Aratani, who passed away on March 18, 2024. Aratani grew up in Gardena, where her parents ran a chicken farm. When Pearl Harbor was bombed, her family lived with relatives in Reedley, California before being forcibly removed to the Poston concentration camp in Arizona. While visiting another camp she met her future husband, George, and they ...

  • JANM’S NOVEMBER FREE FAMILY DAY CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF LOS ANGELES

    Oct 19, 2017

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will celebrate the diverse mix of cultures that make up Los Angeles with a JANM Free Family Day on November 11, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum and its “We Love LA” Family Day activities—including crafts, story time, a dance workshop, and a musical performance—is free and all ages are welcome. “We Love LA” is presented in conjunction with the exh...

  • Border Crossings Screening: "Cultures of Resistance"

    May 21, 2011

    Cultures of Resistance (2010), Directed by Iara Lee Border Crossings: An Ongoing Exploration of Community & Society Through Cinema & Media Arts Presented by Visual Communications. Visual Communications, the nation’s premier Asian Pacific American media arts center, is pleased to inaugurate an ongoing series at the Tateuchi Democracy Forum. Select works ranging from politics to horror, from live-action to anime ...

  • Terms of Service

    Japanese American National Museum Terms of ServiceLast Updated: December 30, 2023Welcome to the websites of the Japanese American National Museum (“JANM”), the largest museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry. The mission of JANM is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. ...

  • JANM History

    History of the Japanese American National Museum The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) was founded to preserve and share the history of Japanese Americans. Its mission evolved to enhance appreciation for America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by documenting the stories of Americans of Japanese ancestry as an integral component of U.S. history. Incorporated in 1985 through the combined efforts of a band of ...

  • Big Drum Articles—San Jose Taiko

    San Jose Taiko: Embodying the Spirit of Taiko in America For San Jose Taiko, it all started over 30 years ago. After seeing a performance by Los Angeles’s Kinnara Taiko at a YBA (Young Buddhist Association) conference, Reverend Hiroshi Abiko was inspired to start something for the youth at San Jose Buddhist Church that was both musically and culturally interesting. He recruited Roy Hirabayashi and Dean Miyaku...

  • 私たちの約束ー伝える

    一般運営資金の調達により、斬新な方法で物語を伝え、スマート技術を駆使して新しい体験を生み出し、当館のリソースを全米に共有し、学習の機会を提供する当館の力を強化します（3,250万ドル）。 使途を制限しない運営資金は、文字通り、博物館の明かりを灯し続けるために必要なものです。当館が日々の運営を続け、リノベーションの間も、プログラムや一般の方々が必要とする資料を提供し続けていけるのは、これらの資金のおかげです。博物館の活動を直接的に支えてくれるこの資金によって、私たちの約束を現実のものとし、より公正な未来のために情報を届け、民主主義の生き生きとした文化を作るための活動を続けていけます。 JANMのミッションの実現において、教育は私たちの活動の基盤です。博物館訪問の計り知れないインパクトや教室の外での学びの重要性は繰り返すまでもありません。日系アメリカ人の経験は、アメリカ憲法に記された「私たち人民は」の「私たち」が誰かとい...

  • Big Drum Articles—Shasta Taiko

    The Rhythms of Life: Shasta Taiko “This woman came up to me and said, ‘I don’t know why, but I just burst out crying when you were playing taiko,’” Jeanne Aiko Mercer says. “That happens a lot,” the pioneering taiko artist explains. “I think taiko is very healing. It’s a release, and I think people need that in their lives.” For Mercer and her husband Russel Baba, who founded the renowned Shasta Taiko g...

  • Asobi at JANM

    Experience the Art of Play!Experience the art of play at Asobi at JANM, our new series once a month where local artists showcase their unique work through interactive demonstrations and every guest goes home with a new art piece and sense of accomplishment. Bring your friends, grab a drink, and try something new together. Enjoy beer from Brewyard Beer Company. We will also have drinks from Sanzo and light refreshment...