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  • How to Find Your Japanese Immigrant Ancestors

    Jul 22, 2017

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. Learn how to conduct research using the federal immigration and naturalization records maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Find ship passenger records, even if you don’t know when your ancestors arrived in the United States. Explore immigration case files and other federal records that c...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Apr 05, 2014

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with our knowledgeable Museum docents.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Mar 01, 2014

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with our knowledgeable Museum docents.

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Feb 01, 2014

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with our knowledgeable Museum docents.

  • Indigo and Shibori Techniques with Shibori Girl

    Aug 31, 2013 - Sep 01, 2013

    In this 2-day workshop we will focus our intentions on practicing itajime (fold and clamp) shibori on recycled kimono lining silks. Once considered as precious as gold, old silks are being discarded at an alarming rate! Let’s breathe new life into them and improve our understanding of both silk and itajime shibori. Indigo and colorhue dyes will be used in this workshop. Both days (Saturday, August 31 – Sunday...

  • Kokoro Craft Affair

    Oct 02, 2011

    Sponsored by Friends of the Museum 10 am to 4 pm Free admission to museum exhibitions with craft show purchase. (Oct. 2, 2011 only) Showcase and sale of unique, discriminating, high quality, handcrafted, artist designed merchandise. Craft items for sale include: Origami Art, Unique Jewelry, Kimono Fabric Clothing, Handbags, Silk/Yarn Scarves, Ceramic and Miniature Bronze Sculptures, Cultural T-shirts, Statio...

  • Let's Go Fly a Kite!

    Jul 14, 2007

    Target Free Family Saturday For over a thousand years, the Japanese have flown kites made out of bamboo and washi paper and decorated with cultural motifs. Drop in and let your imagination soar as plain pieces of paper, bamboo sticks, and string are transformed into beautiful, high-flying kites! All materials included. FREE! 2007 Target Free Family Saturdays July 14 - Let's Go Fly a Kite! September 8 - Sha...

  • "Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan"

    Mar 23, 2002

    Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan is the first documentary to thoroughly examine the complex relationships of African Americans and Japanese people. Reggie Life, executive producer and director, initially went to Japan as an Artist Fellow with the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and Bunka-Cho. He is the recipient of many awards including a CINE Golden Eagle.

  • About Face: Performing Race In Fashion And Theater

    Mar 25, 1998

    A provocatively genre-bending text, About Face examines how representations in the fashion and theater industries affect the areas of ethnography, feminist and minority issues, and popular culture. On Thursday, April 16, 1998 at 7:30 p.m., author Dorinne Kondo will be at the Japanese American National Museum to discuss her innovative book for free! Based on Kondo’s fieldwork, this unprecedented book brings together...

  • Sakamoto-Sasano Family Collection

    (2018.10) This collection contains documents, objects, and ephemera from the Sakamoto-Sasano family. The belongings of matriarch Taye Sakamoto Sasano, her sister Chiyoko Sakamoto Takahashi, and her two daughters Louise Sasano Yoshida and Frances Sasano make up the bulk of the collection. Yearbooks, school notebooks, scrapbooks, diaries, and notes from friends characterize Frances and Louise's lives as teens and young...