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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Jul 07, 2018

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Included with museum admission.

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Jun 18, 2016

    June 4, 11, and 18 Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to pr...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Make Some Noise

    Mar 09, 2013

    Get ready for some musical fun! March's theme is music. ALL DAY ACTIVITIES: • Strum super sounds on a cardboard guitar made by you! • Build a wooden harmonica and hum a fun tune • Ruthie's Origami Corner: Make an adorable origami rabbit • Stop by Patriots & Peacemakers for drop-in tours! SCHEDULE 11AM: Doors open 11AM-2PM: Kidding Around the Kitchen will show you how to make delicious Mediterranean ...

  • Chiptune Electronic Music Workshop

    Nov 07, 2009

    Come for an amazing day of electronic chiptune culture! See how the gaming culture has influenced modern electronic dance music, especially dance-pop, house music and techno in this extremely unique workshop hosted by Adam Robezzoli of attractmo.de.

  • 2004 "Oshogatsu" in Little Tokyo

    Jan 01, 2004

    To celebrate the New Year, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California will host a day of fun family activities including a lion dance, sake barrel breaking, and a samurai action show following the opening ceremony at 11:00 AM. Traditional New Year's food booths and select restaurants will be open. The first 300 children to arrive will receive a gift. For more information visit www.nylt.org. Program is su...

  • "Outspeaks a Rhapsody" by Albert Saijo

    Nov 06, 1997

    Thursday Evenings at the Museum Albert Saijo of the Beat Generation joins us from Hawai‘i for an evening of selected readings from his works. Saijo, author of Trip Trap with Jack Kerouac and Lew Welch, offers us Outspeaks a Rhapsody and slips anonymously "thru crowd unnoticed old fart in zoris gravy on shirt front—say whatever you want it doesn’t matter to me—love to you all with mucho thanx for your lov...

  • Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children

    Oct 05, 1997

    Community Issues Series Video screening & panel discussion Growing up in today’s society can be challenging, especially if one of your parents is from Japan and the other from America. How do these two cultures blend together? What is your identity? Where do you fit in culturally? These are some of the questions raised in Regge Life’s video, Doubles. Join us for the screening of this video followed by a thought-p...

  • Cold Tofu Improv: Occult Tofu

    Mar 20, 1997

    Thursday Evening at the Museum Performance Cold Tofu provides a monthly evening of laughs and entertainment at the Museum. This talented, energetic, multicultural improvisational group has an amazing assortment of entertainment techniques that will keep you laughing all night. This evening, Cold Tofu explores the dark side of tofu by examining myths, rituals and folklore.

  • Big Drum Articles—All in the Drum

    All in the Drum: Building Taiko in America By Sojin Kim, Ph.D. There’s a whole universe inside this drum. —Mark Miyoshi, taiko maker, Mt. Shasta, California Mark Miyoshi is the first and most renowned professional taiko maker in the United States, and his clientele is international in scope. His endeavors and achievements are closely tied to the development of taiko drumming in this country—a mov...

  • Crossroads: Boyle Heights

    Boyle Heights is a Los Angeles neighborhood, located just east of downtown between the Los Angeles River and the city boundary. It has been home to people who have come to Los Angeles from different cities, states, and countries and who brought with them their diverse beliefs, traditions and languages. Through the stories of past and present neighborhood residents, this film explores how the experiences and memories ...