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  • Edible Adventures: Little Tokyo Sushi Graze

    Dec 17, 2016

    Take a stroll through Little Tokyo and sample the many varieties of sushi, from makizushi to chirashi zushi. In between stops, listen to sushi masters tell stories that evoke the 130-year history of the neighborhood. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. $64 members; $80 non-members. Food and museum admission included. Limited to 12 participants.

  • GO FOR BROKE NATIONAL EDUCATION CENTER TO LEASE SPACE IN JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S HISTORIC BUILDING

    Jul 14, 2014

    Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) have finalized 20-year lease terms allowing Go For Broke to move into JANM’s historic building located at 369 First Street, at Central Avenue, in Little Tokyo. Following renovations and refurbishments, Go For Broke staff members will move from Torrance to downtown Los Angeles, bringing them just steps away from the Go F...

  • Sogetsu Ikebana Workshop: Basic Slanting Style Moribana

    Jan 26, 2013

    Ikebana (“living flower”) is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Sogetsu Ikebana is a three dimensional artistic expression composed of flower and plant material arranged in a container. This workshop will introduce students to the basic technique and style that is the foundation of many Ikebana arrangements. Instructor Mikiko Ideno will teach you "Basic Slanting Style Moribana." $30 members; $35 non-members, inc...

  • GIANT ROBOT BIENNALE 3 on Exhibition September 23 - January 20

    Sep 14, 2012

    The Japanese American National Museum presents Giant Robot Biennale 3, its third show in conjunction with Eric Nakamura, owner of Asian American pop culture juggernaut Giant Robot. The expansive show features a gallery of eight emerging artists along with a customized vinyl figure collection. Following two previous successful exhibitions at JANM, the Biennale continues to push the envelope with a creative, fresh...

  • "Lost & Found: Reclaiming the Japanese American Incarceration"

    Apr 09, 2011

    In November of 1994, the Japanese American National Museum opened its second major exhibition, America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience to both critical and popular acclaim. The exhibition utilized innovative inter-active displays of the 11 government-run camps, installed a fragment of an original barracks building used to hold Japanese Americans and encouraged former inmates to exp...

  • ID Film Festival

    Oct 01, 2009 - Oct 03, 2009

    The second annual ID Film Festival showcases films that challenge and celebrate what it means to be Asian. $5 for members; $8 non-members per program. Or you can buy a festival pass for $30. (Unless otherwise noted.) For more information about the festival, go to: www.idfilmfest.org. 8 PM - OPENING NIGHT: Seikaku (Directed by Jaysn Kim) Sunsets (Directed by Michael Aki & Eric Nakamura): A special never-b...

  • 2009 Oshogatsu Family Festival

    Jan 04, 2009

    FREE ALL DAY! Ring in the New Year with fun arts ‘n crafts, whimsical tales, and exciting performances. 11:00 – Doors open 11:00 – 4:00 – Craft activities for the entire family Create your own daruma doll and make a wish for 2009! Decorate a postcard to send as a New Year’s greeting to a friend or family member Make an origami crane ornament and embellish it with decorations to make it...

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-Visit Workshop

    Mar 08, 2007

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, March 8, 4:30-7:30 PM (Dinner provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Civil Righ...

  • "Fat Man/Little Boy" Installation Viewing

    Aug 09, 2005

    Fat Man/Little Boy is an art piece that explores the events of the atomic bomb and the experiences of artist Clement Hanami's mother, who is a hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivor. The installation chronicles the fundamentals of the atomic bomb and its impact on a life's meaning and purpose. "Hanami's sprawling series of faux lab experiments asks you to consider, from multiple vantage points, the ways in which the F...

  • Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World - Artists

    Horitaka (Takahiro Kitamura) Exhibition Curator Horitaka is a tattoo artist as well as the author and publisher of numerous books on tattoo art and culture. His books include Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo (Schiffer Publishing, 2001), Tattooing From Japan to the West (Schiffer Publishing, 2004), and Tattoos of the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Motifs in Japanese Tattoo (KIT Publishers, 2003). Horitaka is ...