JANM on the Go logo
Closed for Renovations

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. 

Learn More

Search Results For

  • Target Free Family Saturday: Monster Mash

    Apr 14, 2012

    FREE ALL DAY! Enjoy a day of monster related fun and crafts for the whole family. Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Add fun to your footsteps and terror to your trot by making monster feet. Make a colorful zigzag monster puppet. Help us with a little spring cleaning...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Apr 07, 2012

    Tour our ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with experienced docents.

  • Buddhism in Little Tokyo

    Apr 07, 2012

    An insider's view of the major Buddhist temples of Little Tokyo. This walk will include visits to Koyasan, Higashi Hongwanji, and Zenshuji and will explain the roles they played in the neighborhood. An opportunity for lunch. $15 Members, $20 non-members, includes admission. Wear comfortable walking shoes. RSVP early, 15 students max.

  • Dark History: Santa Anita Park

    Mar 31, 2012

    Not a lot of people know that during World War II, Santa Anita Park housed approximately 20,000 Japanese Americans. Find out more about it from a short video produced by ESPN and some Japanese Americans that were there.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Mar 31, 2012

    Relive history and learn about present-day Little Tokyo with National Museum docents. $9 Members; $14 non-members, includes Museum admission. Comfortable walking shoes and clothes recommended. Weather permitting.

  • "Kenichi Zenimura, Japanese American Baseball Pioneer" by Bill Staples, Jr.

    Mar 24, 2012

    Few baseball fans know about the Japanese American Nisei Leagues, or of their most influential figure, Kenichi Zenimura (1900-1968). A talented player who excelled at all nine positions, Zenimura was also a respected manager and would become the Japanese American community's baseball ambassador. He worked tirelessly to promote the game at home and abroad, leading goodwill trips to Asia, helping to negotiate tours of ...

  • "It’s a Big World, Little Pig!" By Kristi Yamaguchi

    Mar 18, 2012

    SPECIAL NOTE: Sunday is the LA Marathon, so here is a link to the Street Closures /. Come hear Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi read from her newest book, It’s a Big World, Little Pig! In this squeal to her best-selling debut book, Poppy, the adorable, persistent, dreaming-big pig, has a new adventure in store for her—the World Games ice-skating championship in Paris! She will be signing the book after the ...

  • They Call Me Mr. Tofu

    Mar 17, 2012

    FREE! Product demonstration & free samples!! When Yasuo Kumoda came to the United States, he was charged with popularizing the Morinaga Nutritional Foods tofu. Kumoda discovered that in 1987, most Americans considered tofu as the least appealing food product, but he persisted. He ran a marathon carrying a product sign, sent tofu products to the White House, and discovered different ways that Americans could con...

  • Xploration Lab 2012

    Mar 17, 2012 - Aug 26, 2012

    Part-classroom, part-exhibition prototype; participate and experiment with hands-on activities designed to engage audiences of all ages in an exploration of culture and identity. Within the Xploration Lab galleries are numerous activities related to the concept of identity. Everyday, we interact within a variety of social categories that we embrace or not. How we choose to interact within these various categories ...

  • First Major Exhibition of Rarely Seen Ceramic Works by Isamu Noguchi to Open In Only West Coast Venue, The Japanese American National Museum

    Dec 31, 2003

    A major survey of postwar Japanese ceramic art focusing on the work of Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) and his Japanese contemporaries opens at its only west coast venue, the Japanese American National Museum, on February 7, 2004. Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics is a landmark traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and is the first major museum pr...