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  • Members Only—JANM Ghost Stories

    Oct 22, 2016

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. To celebrate the Halloween season, all JANM members are invited to a haunting—and entertaining—discussion of ghosts and the paranormal with ABC7 news anchor David Ono, producer Jeff MacIntyre, and actor Rodney Kageyama. Learn about their encounters with the supernatural and decide for yourself if you believe! Light rec...

  • Remember, Educate, and Inspire: Learning from Our Past to Improve Our Future

    Oct 22, 2016

    Members of Go For Broke’s exhibitions and archives staff will speak about the inspiration that they draw from working with the history of the Nisei veteran experience. Gavin Do, Assistant Director of Archives and Special Collections, will share his experiences of discovery while working with the Hiroshi Sugiyama collection. Erin Sato will speak about how her life, work, and passions all intersect through her job a...

  • Nikkei Genealogical Society General Meeting

    Oct 22, 2016

    FREE The Nikkei Genealogical Society (NikkeiGen) promotes, encourages, and shares Nikkei genealogy through education, research, and networking. NikkeiGen’s general meetings are open to anyone who is interested in researching their family trees, learning more about their Japanese roots and heritage, and participating in group discussions and networking. Meetings occur approximately once a month from January to ...

  • Decoden Phone Case Workshop

    Oct 22, 2016

    Join the decoden phone case craze that has swept Japan! Lifestyle personalities and media hosts Chrissa Sparkles and Jon Brence show you how to add sparkly personality to your phone case using cute items such as pearls, bows, rhinestones, and even your favorite characters. $28 members, $35 non-members. Participants must bring their own plain plastic phone case; plenty of decoden materials will be provided. Mu...

  • Okaeri 2016: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering

    Oct 14, 2016 - Oct 15, 2016

    Friday, October 14 – Saturday, October 15 Following the historic launch of Okaeri: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering in 2014, JANM is proud to host the group’s second conference in 2016. While the Nikkei community has been a comforting home for many, too many LGBTQ Japanese Americans are estranged from their families and face discrimination. The goal of Okaeri, which means "welcome home" in Japanese, is to support...

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Oct 08, 2016

    Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as...

  • Two-Day Craft Workshop—Indigo Vat Making and Shibori Technique

    Oct 08, 2016 - Oct 09, 2016

    Saturday, October 8–Sunday, October 9 11 a.m.–4 p.m. In this two-day workshop led by Glennis Dolce of Shibori Girl Studios, participants will have the opportunity to make a small, two-gallon fermentation vat to take home with them. All levels are welcome to come and practice shibori techniques, learn about indigo vat maintenance, experiment with Japanese shibori tools and stencils, and browse the book collect...

  • TARGET FREE FAMILY, 'CALLING ALL KIDS', TO FEATURE AUTHOR NAOMI HIRAHARA ON MAY 8

    Apr 27, 2010

    In recognition of International Children’s Day, the Japanese American National Museum’s popular series Target Free Family Saturday presents "Calling All Kids" on Saturday, May 8, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This program is free and open to the public as part of Target’s sponsorship of family programs in Southern California. This event, which features hands-on arts and craft activities for the whole family throughout th...

  • JAPANESE WOMEN'S RIGHTS PIONEER BEATE SIROTA GORDON TO RELATE HER STORY ON MAY 16

    Apr 23, 2010

    The only woman to play a role in the writing of the Japanese Constitution, Beate Sirota Gordon, will speak about her memories in advocating for equal rights for Japanese women, on Sunday, May 16 at the Japanese American National Museum’s Tateuchi Democracy Forum in her first speaking engagement in Southern California. This program is organized in partnership between the Atsuhiko and Ina Goodwin Tateuchi Foundation an...

  • STORY OF BUILDING OF JAPANESE HOSPITAL IN 1920s TO BE DISCUSSED APRIL 11

    Mar 27, 2010

    The story of the Japanese community’s fight to get better medical care in the 1920s by going to court to gain the right to incorporate their own hospital will be recounted in the public program, "Japanese Hospital: Caring for the Pre-War Nikkei Community", organized by the Little Tokyo Historical Society and Discover Nikkei and set for Sunday, April 11, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum. The program ...