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  • JANM Book Club: Seattle Samurai with Kelly Goto & Dee Goto

    Dec 01, 2024

    Join author Kelly Goto for a conversation around her new book, Seattle Samurai: a Cartoonist’s Perspective of the Japanese American Experience. The book pulls together threads of Samurai principles and stories of honor, resilience, and everyday life that were translated from interviews and family stories onto pen and paper. Kelly Goto will be joined by her mother, Dee Goto, whose work with oral history and preservati...

  • Two-Day Jewelry Workshop: The Wonderful World of "Washi"

    Sep 14, 2019 - Sep 15, 2019

    Saturday–Sunday, September 14–15 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Washi is a traditional Japanese handmade decorative paper that dates back to the seventh century. Unlike machine-made paper from wood pulp, washi is made from the inner bark of plants such as mulberry, bamboo, and wisteria and hemp. The intertwining of fibers results in a paper that is strong, durable, washable, and acid-free. Its thin, smooth, soft surface ...

  • "Nisei Stories of Wartime Japan"

    Jun 20, 2015

    After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were in Japan at the time were barred from returning to the United States until after the war ended. Through ten interviews that encompass a range of experiences and attitudes, this documentary film takes an inside look at the experiences of the stranded American citizens. Discussion to follow with mother-and-son fil...

  • 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...

  • Members' Appreciation Days

    Dec 06, 2008 - Dec 07, 2008

    FREE ADMISSION AND 20% OFF AT 21 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATIONS Need a reason to become a National Museum Member? We’ll give you 21! The Japanese American National Museum, in partnership with 20 Southland institutions, hosts special holiday shopping days for members only! On selected days, your National Museum membership card entitles you to free admission (excluding special ticketed events) and 20% off* at ...

  • 2008 Oshogatsu Family Festival & First Sundays are For Families

    Jan 06, 2008

    FREE, no reservations required Ring in the New Year with fun arts and crafts, whimsical tales, and exciting performances at the National Museum. This year's festival will feature a special activity created by Giant Robot. Visitors will also receive free admission to MOCA's ©Murakami exhibition as a part of their "First Sundays are For Families" program by checking in at the "For Families" table (1:00 – 3:30 PM)...

  • Closing of the display "Beyond the Call of Duty: Honoring the 24 Japanese American Medal of Honor Recipients"

    Aug 12, 2001

    Closing of the display Beyond the Call of Duty: Honoring the 24 Japanese American Medal of Honor Recipients

  • A Process of Reflection

    Jul 27, 1999 - Jan 30, 2000

    In May 1942, Issei artist Hisako Hibi (1907–1991) and her family were sent to U.S. concentration camps along with over 120,000 other Japanese Americans. An active artist in the Bay Area, Hibi continued to paint during her three years in the Topaz, Utah concentration camp. Her World War II incarceration paintings miraculously survived several decades, including a move to New York City and then to San Francisco. T...

  • The Other Side of Tokyo Rose: The Japanese American Voices of WWII

    Oct 11, 1997

    Hear the little known story about a small number of Japanese American civilians who served the Allies’ cause as translators and radio broadcast announcers to countermeasure the heavy propaganda by the Axis countries. This panel will include former members of the Office of War Information (OWI) of the United States and the British Political Warfare Mission (BPWM) of England, who shared the same radio station facilit...