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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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  • Members Thank You Reception

    Nov 23, 2024

    Celebrate our Members’ impact and contributions to JANM through the decades! Learn about the Museum’s engagement plans during the renovation with JANM on the Go and join us for a toast as we mark a historic moment in JANM’s history.The reception will be followed by natsukashii (nostalgic) music, a souvenir photo booth, docent-led tours of Common Ground: The Heart of Community, and a chance for visitors to contribute ...

  • Honoring Common Ground is on November 23

    Nov 18, 2024

    Media Advisory WHAT: Honoring Common Ground celebrates JANM’s longtime core exhibition, Common Ground: The Heart of Community, with an afternoon of festivities that highlight over 140 years of Japanese American history.WHEN: Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 12 p.m.–5 p.m.DETAILS: This special event will feature:Docent-led tours from 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.A special performance by the JANM Ukulele Band from 12 p.m.–12...

  • Special Engagement Opening: Colors of Confinement

    May 03, 2014

    Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in WWII opens to the public after 2 p.m. Read an interview with curator Eric Muller on Discover Nikkei. READ NOW

  • East West Players presents a Writers Gallery reading of "A Cage of Fireflies" by Daniel Akiyama

    Mar 21, 2013

    A Cage of Fireflies tells the story of three elderly sisters of the kibei generation: sent as children to be raised in Okinawa, then returned to live and work in Hawai‘i. Two of the sisters confine themselves to their Honolulu apartment where they enact the rituals of daily life and dream of one day returning to Okinawa. The third, charged with running their family’s orchid nursery, embraces the modern world and disr...

  • Exhibit of Japanese Flower Arrangements

    Mar 01, 2003 - Mar 02, 2003

    Celebrating its 35th anniversary, the practitioners of the Ohara School of Ikebana reach beyond the traditional styles of the art form of flower arranging with innovative and creative results. More than 80 arrangements by teachers and students of the school will be on display. At the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Doizaki Gallery Gallery Hours: 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

  • 2nd Saturday at the National Museum

    May 13, 2000

    Celebrate an experience for the whole family! Join us for a fun-filled day of arts, crafts, gallery scavenger hunts, performances, and workshops. No reservations necessary. Tokens of Affection Explore the many ways you can create a very personal art project in honor of your mother or grandmother. Bring family photos, letters, and postcards that tell your family stories, cherish family memories, and celebrate ...

  • Twelfth Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival

    May 15, 1997 - May 22, 1997

    Director’s Guild of America Theater, Laemmle’s Sunset Five Theater, Los Angeles First established in 1983 by Visual Communications, the nation’s oldest Asian Pacific American media arts center, the Los Angeles Asian Pacific & Video Festival is Southern California’s premier showcase of cinematic works by and about Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

  • Fellowship Application Guidelines

    JA | EN 2025 Watanabe Democracy Fellowship Application Guidelines 2025 Eligibility RequirementsApplicants must meet the following criteria:Background: Early to midcareer professionals from multiple sectors including business, government, arts, media, NPO/NGO, and education. This includes those working for companies or organizations, as well as those who are self-employed.Nationality: Applicants must be Japanese citiz...

  • TO APPLY—2024 NEH Landmarks Little Tokyo Workshop

    Instructions for how to apply for “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations," an NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop for teachers.

  • TO APPLY—2025 NEH Landmarks Little Tokyo Workshop

    Instructions for how to apply for “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations," an NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop for teachers.