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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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  • 2015 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 15, 2015

    FREE ALL DAY Our popular annual summer celebration features Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities for the whole family. • Enjoy stimulating performances by Minyo Station, Random Ninjas, and TAIKOPROJECT with Quetzal • Impress the crowd at our Karaoke Open Mic • Take a basic taiko drumming lesson with docent Hal Keimi • Join our community bon odori dance • Participate in...

  • Members Only Tour: "Jidai: Timeless Works of Samurai Art"

    Aug 15, 2015

    Members Only tour of Jidai: Timeless Works of Samurai Art, a special display of historically significant samurai swords on view during the month of August. This event has reached capacity; no additional reservations can be accepted.

  • Compassion and Charity—and Chocolates: The Nisei Soldier Contribution to Rebuilding Japan

    Aug 08, 2015

    Early August marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the beginning of the Allied occupation of Japan. This panel discussion will focus on the role of the mostly-Nisei branch of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) in the rebuilding of Japan after the war. MIS veterans will discuss the duties of the Nisei soldiers and how their acts of kindness and charity toward the Japanese people helped ...

  • Two-Day Workshop: Indigo and Shibori in the 21st Century

    Aug 08, 2015 - Aug 09, 2015

    This program is sold out. Saturday–Sunday, August 8–9 11 a.m.–4 p.m. on both days Enjoy two days of indigo dyeing with a focus on learning how the dye takes to different textiles. Shibori techniques to be explored include arashi, itajime, and nui, as well as combined and invented techniques. Material kits will include handouts, threads, and many types of vintage kimono silks as well as some cottons...

  • Members Only Family History Workshop

    Aug 08, 2015

    JANM members and their children, grandchildren, parents, and/or grandparents are invited to explore their family history together in this new workshop inspired by the Sugar/Islands exhibition. After a brief tour of the exhibition, your family will create sun prints using one or two family photos that you bring along (photos will not be damaged) and family records that will be prepared for you ahead of time. ...

  • Panel Discussion and Screening: "Lil Tokyo Reporter: Sei Fujii's Fight for Nikkei Rights"

    Aug 01, 2015

    Lil Tokyo Reporter is a short film inspired by the true story of Sei Fujii, a community leader who looked out for the interests of Japanese American people in Southern California during the first half of the 20th century. Fujii is best known for building the much-needed Japanese Hospital and for overturning the California Alien Land Law in 1952. Set during the Great Depression, the film shows Fujii using his r...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Aug 01, 2015

    Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

  • CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION RETROSPECTIVE ART EXHIBIT OPENS AT MUSEUM OCT. 4

    Oct 02, 2008

    The California Community Foundation (CCF), the Getty Foundation and the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, Oct. 4, launched a three-month retrospective featuring the works of 33 recipients of the foundation’s Fellowships for Visual Artists from the past 20 years. Co-sponsored by the Getty Foundation, the exhibit is entitled "Twenty Years Ago Today: Supporting Individual Artists in L.A,’" and runs throu...

  • ORIGINS OF FORTUNE COOKIE TO BE DISCUSSED AT PROGRAM SEPT. 20

    Sep 18, 2008

    While no one denies that the Chinese fortune cookie is not from China, its actual origins remain a subject of discussion which will be at the heart of the program, "The All-American Fortune Cookie. . .from Japan?", set for Saturday, Sept. 20, at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Featured in the discussion will be writer Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, filmmaker Derek ...

  • ID FILM FEST TO FOCUS ON GLOBAL ASIAN IDENTITY

    Sep 11, 2008

    The inaugural ID Film Fest, a new festival dedicated to contemporary digital films that explore and celebrate identity crisis in the diverse Asian/Pacific Islander communities, will showcase an international line-up of new and first-time locally-screened documentaries from Thursday, Sept. 25 through Sunday, Sept. 28, at the Japanese American National Museum’s Democracy Forum. The screenings are free to National Museu...