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  • Make Your Own "Toshikoshi Soba" with Sonoko Sakai

    Dec 07, 2019

    Make soba using fresh, stone-milled artisanal flour from Japan and authentic soba tools. This soba will be served in the classic way: cold with fresh soy-based dipping sauce, toppings, and spices. Soba is a type of noodle traditionally made from buckwheat flour, or a combination of buckwheat and wheat flours. In Japan, many people celebrate special occasions by eating soba. For example, many celebrate New Year’s E...

  • Edible Adventures: Buddhist Obon and Carnival Food

    Jul 14, 2019

    SOLD OUT Get an insider’s view of the Buddhist temples in Little Tokyo and their roles in the past and today. Learn about the various obon festivals and carnivals they host and the foods that are part of them. This tour includes visits to Koyasan Beikoku Betsuin, Higashi Honganji, and the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple (also known as Nishi Hongwanji), culminating in an Obon Carnival lunch at Nishi Hon...

  • Little Tokyo Community Fort Sill Protest

    Jun 27, 2019

    Join representatives of several community organizations located in or aligned with Little Tokyo on the JANM Plaza to protest the White House’s plans to use Fort Sill in Oklahoma as a detention center for immigrant children and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention practices in general. We are demanding an end to the inhumane conditions at ICE facilities, an end to family separation policies, and...

  • Los Angeles Iced Tea Fesival

    Sep 17, 2016

    Sample refreshing iced teas and enjoy live entertainment at this unique festival. More than 20 iced teas will be available, along with boba options and tea ice cream. Talks will be offered on various iced tea blends and the art of making the perfect glass of summer iced tea. $12 general admission; free for children 12 and under. Visit icedteafest.com for more information and to purchase tickets. Presente...

  • A Chat with Tommy Lasorda and Scott Akasaki

    Sep 06, 2014

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. Scott Akasaki, the Dodgers’ Director of Team Travel, will engage former team manager and Hall-of-Famer Tommy Lasorda in an intimate discussion of Lasorda’s role as a baseball ambassador to Japan and other countries. Lasorda began his career as a major league player before moving on to a storied lifelong associatio...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Summer Fun

    Jun 08, 2013

    FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate the arrival of summer with storytelling and fun crafts! SCHEDULE: 11:30AM • 1:30PM • 3PM: Storyteller Alton Chung will perform his one-man show Heroes which tells the story of the heroic actions of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Infantry Battalion, and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). This program contains mature themes that may not be appropriate for younger audien...

  • "Hibakusha" Screening

    Oct 20, 2012

    Hibakusha is an animated drama featuring Kaz Suyeishi (Karin Anna Cheung), a 57 year old woman, who recalls her most vivid and horrific experiences as a 17 year old Hiroshima student during the morning of August 6, 1945 when the atomic bomb dropped on her hometown. This film is inspired to bring awareness to the Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings in hopes that a nuclear tragedy like this will ever happen again. A Q&A w...

  • Target Free Family Saturday: On The Go!

    Jul 17, 2010

    FREE ALL DAY! Delight in a day of family fun at the National Museum. July’s theme is travel! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. Media Sponsors: Los Angeles Downtown News, KSCI-TV LA-18, and The Rafu Shimpo ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Tag! You're it! Create a fun luggage tag to identify your bag...

  • "A Promise Kept"

    Oct 16, 2004

    Our new series for families begins with the Japanese style of storytelling, kamishibai, currently making its way into 700 schools throughout the state of Arkansas. A Promise Kept is about the friendship and promise between two elementary school boys, Mitch and Tom, before, during, and after World War II. This story is especially for kids in fourth through sixth grade. A craft activity where kids can create their own ...

  • Henry Sugimoto’s Artistic Evolution—Timeline

    Survey the evolution of Sugimoto’s work throughout his prolific career by exploring curated selections of pieces from five time periods of his life. 1930–1932 1932–1942 1942–1945 1945–1962 1962–1990 Unknown