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  • Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo

    Jul 09, 2011 - Oct 30, 2011

    For over 25 years, fans around the world have been enjoying Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo. This retrospective exhibition celebrates the work of Sakai and includes original drawings and paintings that bring to life the adventures of his samurai rabbit from 17th century feudal Japan. Usagi Yojimbo is based on the historical figure Miyamoto Musashi and takes inspiration from Japanese folklore, literature, and film. Heav...

  • Exhibition Tour: Common Ground

    Jul 02, 2011

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

  • Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Floral Cards

    Jun 25, 2011

    Make floral cards for that someone special. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission and supplies. RSVP is required. Maximum 12 people.

  • Introduction to Udon Making with Sonoko Sakai

    Jun 25, 2011

    Find out how to make real and delicious udon noodles! Wear close toes shoes with soft soles. Bring an apron and a tupperware to take home your udon. $75 members; $85 non-members, includes admission and supplies. RSVP early, 12 students max. For more information about Sonoko Sakai and her other workshops, visit www.cooktellsastory.com/.

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Jun 25, 2011

    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.

  • National Asian American Theater Conference

    Jun 23, 2011 - Jun 26, 2011

    June 23 through June 26. The National Museum is honored to be one of the hosts the 3rd Annual National Asian American Theater Conference & Festival. For schedule information, visit www.caata.net/.

  • "Vanished: Lompoc’s Japanese, Of One Hundred Families Only Two Returned "by John V. McReynolds

    Jun 18, 2011

    The story of tiny Lompoc, California, where a vibrant and varied Nikkei community with 40 year roots was dispossessed in 1942 and denied return, it was pieced together from interviews with more than 80 survivors, uncommonly candid reports by a War Relocation agent on the scene, and from local newspaper accounts. “There are threats about burning my house if I have any more Japanese in my home,” wrote George Kimbel, a ...

  • Sumi-e Demonstration & Workshop with Nori Shirasu

    Jun 18, 2011

    Learn how to create a sumi-e painting, an art form that strives to distill the essence of an object in the fewest possible strokes. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission and supplies.

  • Finding Family Stories Arts Partnership Project To Unveil Works Of 8 Southern California Artists At Four Cultural Sites Beginning March 14, 2003

    Feb 28, 2003

    Finding Family Stories, a three-year arts partnership project that brings together cultural institutions representing Southern California’s diverse communities, will highlight the works of eight emerging and established local artists working in a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, video, and painting, at four sites beginning on Saturday, March 15, 2003, at the Japanese American National Museum in L...

  • Help us share the Japanese American story: National Day of Rememberance

    Feb 01, 2003

    The incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during WWII by their own government was unprecedented in U.S. history, yet is still unknown to many. To generate greater awareness of what was the largest constitutional violation of the 20th century, the Japanese American National Museum and the National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA) are offering the award-winning TOYO MIYATAKE: INFINITE ...