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JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation and will reopen in late 2026. While the museum and store are closed, join us for programs and events on our Little Tokyo campus, throughout Southern California, and beyond. 

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  • 2025 Kokoro Craft Show

    Oct 11, 2025

    Celebrate and shop during the 17th Anniversary of the Kokoro Craft Show at the Los Angeles Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple!This annual craft show is sponsored by the Friends of JANM and features fashion apparel and accessories, jewelry, ceramics, gifts, and more from over forty vendors. All proceeds benefit JANM’s cultural, educational, and volunteer programs. Pre-order bentos from Far Bar by September 30 (DETAILS).T...

  • Ireicho National Tour—Crystal City

    Oct 10, 2025 - Oct 12, 2025

    JANM is partnering with The Irei Project and USC’s Duncan Ryuken Williams to travel The Ireichō: Book of Names in conjunction with pilgrimages to all ten former War Relocation Authority concentration camps, to other Department of Justice and Wartime Civil Control Administration incarceration sites, and selected cities across the US. The tour is part of JANM on the Go, a series of programs and exhibitions presented ac...

  • Oct. 25 Program to Explore How Fish Trucks Brought Japanese Ingredients to SoCal

    Oct 10, 2025

    Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo. LOS ANGELES, CA – Japanese foods and ingredients are commonplace in Southern California markets today, but sixty years ago, ingredients were hard to come by. Archivist and writer Chelsea Shi-Chao Liu will reveal the history of the Nikkei fish trucks that brought a taste ...

  • JANM Celebrates World Premiere of Documentary on Artist and Activist Nobuko Miyamoto

    Apr 15, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announces the world premiere of Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at 6 p.m. at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center as part of the VC Film Fest. Directed by Tadashi Nakamura, the director of JANM’s Frank H. Watase Media Arts Center (MAC), and Quyên Nguyen-Le, a Daytime Emmy–nominated queer Vietnamese filmmaker, Nob...

  • Two-Part Workshop: Wonderful World of Washi

    Oct 07, 2023 - Oct 21, 2023

    SOLD OUT Part 1: Saturday, October 7, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Part 2: Saturday, October 21, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Explore the wonderful world of washi in this two-part workshop. Learn how to cover a variety of wooden beads with delicate washi (traditional Japanese paper) and create original jewelry by arranging them on a beading wire alongside commercial beads. Bring a willingness to learn and leave with a stun...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Bob Moriguchi

    Jul 13, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Bob Moriguchi. A Charter Member, Mr. Moriguchi regularly volunteered on Wednesdays and Saturdays as a Common Ground and Little Tokyo Walking Tour docent and as a school visits facilitator. He attended many of the Museum’s national conferences, served on the Gala Dinner Committee, and was involved in volunteer fundraising campaigns. A...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Mary Karasawa

    Jun 28, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Mary Karasawa, a beloved volunteer and school tour docent at the Museum. She and her husband, Richard “Babe” Karasawa, were JANM charter members. Together, they volunteered at least two Fridays each month. Their son, John, joined them in 2017. She and Babe were recipients of the Museum’s Family Spirit Award and receive...

  • Japanese American National Museum Volunteers Host Kokoro Craft Show on October 30, 2022

    Oct 07, 2022

    LOS ANGELES, CA – Volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the 2022 Kokoro Craft Show with over fifty vendors at the Museum on Sunday, October 30, 2022 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. The craft show is a free, in-person event and JANM Members will receive early entry into the show starting at 9:30 a.m. Shoppers who spend $25 will receive free, same-day admission to the Museum’s exhibitions and a 10% d...

  • JANM’S MAY FREE FAMILY DAY EXPLORES IDENTITY AND HERITAGE

    Apr 24, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will be a fun and thoughtful place to explore themes of identity and personal heritage during its JANM Free Family Day on May 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the museum, its exhibitions, and its “Identity, My-dentity’ Family Day activities—including crafts, storytelling, a poetry workshop, and an improv performance—will be free. All ages are welcome. “I...

  • JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNOUNCES HONOREES FOR 2018 GALA DINNER

    Jan 25, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—The Japanese American National Museum will hold its annual Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 21, 2018, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles. The evening’s theme will be Service to Democracy and the honorees will be Senator Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaii and political activist Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga. Both women will receive the museum’s Award of Excellence. “Senator Hirono and Aik...