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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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  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Dec 30, 2017

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Dec 23, 2017

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with JANM docents. $12 members, $15 non-members. Museum admission included. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. Weather permitting. Limited to 20 participants.

  • Jewelry Workshop—The World of "Washi": Introductory Class

    Dec 16, 2017

    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, wisteria, and hemp. The intertwining of fibers results in paper that is strong, durable, washable, and acid-free. Its thin, smooth, soft surface can be printed with vivid colors and complex designs. In t...

  • Film Screening—I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck

    Dec 12, 2017

    FREE One of the most acclaimed films of 2016 and an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary, I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words, spoken by Samuel L. Jackson, with a flood of rich archival material. Q&A to follow screening. Presented in partnership with PBS SoCal.

  • Film Screening and Discussion—"Moving Walls: American Nightmare to American Dream"

    Dec 09, 2017

    Join us for the LA premiere of a new documentary about what became of the barracks built to house 11,000 Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain concentration camp. The film features interviews with former prisoners as well as the people who live in and use the structures today. Filmmaker Sharon Yamato is also the author of the recently updated book, Moving Walls: The Barracks of America’s Concentration Camps, wh...

  • Origami with Ruthie Kitagawa: Holiday Wreath and Cards

    Dec 09, 2017

    Get ready for the holidays and make cards and a wreath using origami techniques. $12 members, $15 non-members. Supplies and admission included. Limited to 10 participants.

  • PROF. ARTHUR SAKAMOTO TO DISCUSS ‘HOW JAPANESE ARE JAs?'

    Oct 12, 2011

    Professor Arthur Sakamoto will discuss the question, "How Japanese Are Japanese Americans?" at a public program set for Saturday, October 25, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. Ever since World War II, Japanese Americans have largely severed their ties with Japan, and have stressed their Americanness. Unlike other immigrant groups, Japanese Americans have often shown little interest in c...

  • ‘DRAWING THE LINE: JAPANESE AMERICAN ART, DESIGN & ACTIVISM IN POST-WAR LOS ANGELES’ TO OPEN OCT. 15

    Oct 06, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum will continue its focus on the post-World War II Nikkei experience with its latest exhibition, Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles, opening Saturday, October 15 and running through February 19, 2012, in the Museum’s Pavilion in Little Tokyo. This exhibition is part of the project Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945 – 1980, an unpre...

  • Tokio Story

    An experiment in how a memory is remembered, of a floral shop once owned by Japanese Americans Frank and Sumi Kozawa in Silverlake, Los Angeles. With the style of 1920s LA architecture, the building and landscape of Tokio Florist was characteristic to its time, not only in design but also the Japanese American community, who have contributed significantly to the floricultural history of Southern California. While the...

  • Our Man in Tokyo (The Ballad of Shin Miyata)

    A short documentary about the struggles and obsessions of Shin Miyata, a Tokyo-based record label owner and promoter who specializes in the difficult task of distributing Chicano music in Japan. The film explores Miyata’s goal of bringing authentic and diverse representations of Chicano and Latinx culture to Japan. His purity of intention hasn’t brought him financial gain, but has instead delivered a wealth of unders...