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  • Grateful Crane Ensemble Presents: Natsukashi No Kouhaku Uta Gassen

    May 01, 2010 - May 02, 2010

    Saturday, May 01 * 11 AM & 3 PM Sunday, May 02 * 2 PM $23.00 members; $25.00 non-members. To purchase tickets, please call (323) 769-5503 It’s “Men versus the Women” in the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s delightful spoof of Japan’s New Year’s Eve singing contest, Kouhaku Uta Gassen. The show features nostalgic and classic Japanese songs and entertaining impressions of your all-time favorite Japanese singers.

  • Kimono: From Past To Present

    Apr 24, 2010

    Come join us for a beautiful and educational kimono show and lecture, featuring men and women's kimono for all different occasions, by the International Beauty Association Yamanoryu Kisou. The show will feature furisode (a long sleeve kimono worn by unmarried women for ceremonies), homongi (a regular sleeved kimono worn by men and women for ceremonies), montsuki hakama (formal Japanese attire for men), and tom...

  • Craft Class with Ruthie Kitagawa: Boy's Day/Children's Day Cards

    Apr 24, 2010

    Make Boy’s Day and Mother’s Day greeting cards for your friends and family. $9 members; $14 non-members, includes admission and supplies. RSVP is required. Maximum 12 people.

  • Trunk Show: Elegance Repurposed

    Apr 24, 2010 - Apr 25, 2010

    Saturday 4/24 & Sunday 4/25! A trunk show featuring the work of Georganne Alex, Karen Brock, and Kumiko and Yoshiko Imoto. Meet these artists who re-use and repurpose fine silk kimono fabrics to create art, accessories, and contemporary clothing. It is an opportunity to purchase beautiful and unique work directly from the artisans and support the National Museum’s educational programs. To see some of th...

  • Little Tokyo Walking Tour

    Apr 24, 2010

    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.

  • Bringing the Circle Together: Broken Rainbow

    Apr 22, 2010

    Free Screening of Broken Rainbow The heartbreaking tale of the forced relocation of 12,000 Navajos from their ancestral homeland in Arizona that began in the 1970s and continues to this day. Broken Rainbow bears witness to the machinations of energy companies and their government proxies as they eagerly cast aside the peaceful Navajo to make way for oil, gas, uranium and coal exploration. In their own words, eld...

  • "Oh! A Mystery of “Mono No Aware”" by Todd Shimoda

    Apr 17, 2010

    Oh! is an art-filled and intricately designed novel of Zack Hara’s self-discovery through Japanese poetry, the aesthetic of mono no aware (“things causing intense emotional awareness”), and the tragic phenomenon of suicide clubs formed in social networking websites.

  • Six Taste's Little Tokyo Food Tour

    Apr 17, 2010

    Little Tokyo is home to several restaurants, bakeries, and other historical eating establishments. Its 100-plus years of history provide some fascinating stories. Six Taste's Little Tokyo Tour will take you throughout Little Tokyo, from Fugetsu-Do, a confectionary shop and the oldest building in Little Tokyo to Chado Tea Room, where you'll get to taste some authentic Japanese tea, to several other restaurants and oth...

  • Other: An Asian American & Pacific Islander Prisoner’s Anthology

    Apr 15, 2010

    This anthology of work by Asian and Pacific Islander (API) prisoners is the first book to highlight the unique stories and perspectives of this growing prisoner population in the U.S. 22 talented API prisoner writers, poets, and artists have contributed to this anthology, which was initiated and co-edited by Eddy Zheng, who was recently released from prison and immigration detention after over two decades behind bars...

  • Japanese Hospital: Caring for the Pre-War Nikkei Community

    Apr 11, 2010

    For the early Issei immigrants, access to medical care was limited. Five Issei doctors sued the State of California after being denied papers of incorporation to build a hospital. The case, Jordan vs. Tashiro, was finally won in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1928. Japanese Hospital was opened in Boyle Heights in 1929. Dr. Troy Kaji will present the history of the historic case and the establishment of the Japanese Hos...