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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 Only Screening and Discussion—"Under the Blood Red Sun"

    Feb 06, 2016

    All members are invited to a private screening of Under the Blood Red Sun. Based on the acclaimed book by Graham Salisbury, the film is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Tomi and his best friend Billy are playing baseball when they notice fighter planes bearing Japan’s insignia descending on their island home. Following the attack, preju...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Feb 06, 2016

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

  • Big Trouble in Little Tokyo presents "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" (2006)

    Feb 04, 2016

    Join us for a 10th anniversary screening of the third film in the blockbuster Fast and Furious franchise. A bit of an outlier in the Fast and Furious series, Tokyo Drift follows a different set of characters from the previous films. High school student Sean Boswell, who has a penchant for street racing, is sent to live with his father in Tokyo. He quickly gets involved with a local gang of racers, who practice...

  • Two-Day Shibori Workshop—Mandala Magic on Silk

    Jan 30, 2016 - Jan 31, 2016

    Saturday–Sunday, January 30–31 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Mandalas offer a versatile framework for exploring an infinite array of beautiful patterns. Using a unique silk-dyeing method developed by Shibori Girl Glennis Dolce, learn to create beautiful mandalas on kimono silks. You will produce several mandala silks in this class, which you can then use as wall art, pillow cases, or focal elements in quilts or garments...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Jan 30, 2016

    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.

  • 2009 DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, ‘FORGING ALLIANCES', SET FOR FEB. 21

    Feb 13, 2009

    The organizing committee for the 2009 Day of Remembrance program, set for Saturday, February 21, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, announced that the theme for this year’s program will be, "Forging Alliances: Connecting Nikkei to Current Immigration". The keynote speaker will be Professor Roger Daniels, a nationally-recognized scholar in the area of immigration and the Japanese American Wo...

  • TARGET FREE FAMILY SATURDAY, 'BE ANIMATED' SET FOR FEBRUARY 14

    Feb 05, 2009

    The Target Free Family Saturday series, a monthly Japanese American National Museum event, will have the theme, "Be Animated", and feature screenings of the new series, "Afro Samurai", an animation workshop, a family improv activity, and a special lecture about the history of anime/manga in the United States by author Oliver Chin on Saturday, Feb. 7, starting at 11 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. at the National Museum in ...

  • AUTHOR OF CHILDREN’S BOOK ‘MEI LING IN CHINA CITY’ TO SPEAK FEB. 7

    Feb 03, 2009

    The author of a new children’s book, Mel Ling in China City, based on the true story of a Chinese American girl, who loses contact with her Japanese American friend when her family is taken away to Manzanar during World War II, will discuss the circumstances that led her to write the book at a public program set for the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, Feb. 7, beginning at 2 p.m. Sui Bing Tang, who w...

  • GOKUROSAMA EXHIBITION FEATURING PORTRAITS OF SECOND GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICANS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 14 OPENING

    Jan 29, 2009

    The Japanese American National Museum will open the traveling exhibition, Gokurōsama: Contemporary Photographs of the Nisei in Hawai‘i, a collection of recent images of Japanese Americans who were born before World War II, on Saturday, February 14, 2009, in its Pavilion in Little Tokyo, and running through May 24, 2009. This exhibition is on loan from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Beginning in 2002...

  • 'REMEMBERING MICHI & WALTER WEGLYN' PROGRAM TO SCREEN NEW DOCUMENTARY ON JAN. 31

    Jan 28, 2009

    The program, "Remembering Michi Weglyn and Walter Weglyn", will feature the screening of a new documentary on the life of the Weglyns, and a panel discussion featuring the filmmakers and personal friends of the couple at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 E. First Street, in Little Tokyo, on Saturday, Jan. 31, beginning at 2 p.m. in the Democracy Forum. Michi Nishiura Weglyn was a successful designer of co...