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Henry Fukuhara Manzanar Watercolor Workshop Display

Aug 10, 2002

Henry Fukuhara Manzanar Watercolor Workshop on display in the Japanese American National Museum Pavilion building.

The 120,000 Tassel Tapestry, A Documentary Quilt Project on display in the National Museum Pavilion

Aug 09, 2002

The 120,000 Tassel Tapestry, A Documentary Quilt Project on display in the National Museum Pavilion

Cuban Japanese Women: From a Nisei and Sansei Perspective

Aug 04, 2002

Featuring Margarita Iwasaky Cordero of Pinar del Rio, a Nisei who works in the public health field and Naiyu Yamaguchi Rodriguez of Camaguey, an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Camaguey. Join us for a unique opportunity to learn about the Japanese Cuban experience. Both speakers are representatives of the Society of Japanese in Cuba.

Discovering Your Family Tree Workshop

Jul 28, 2002

Instructor: Chester Hashizume Discover your long-lost relatives and create your own family tree. This workshop will also teach you how to enter your family tree in the Museum's National Family Registry. $5 for Museum members, $11 for non-members (includes Museum admission).

Members' Reception for the exhibition, "Passports to Friendship: Celebrating 75 Years of U.S.-Japan Friendship Doll Exchange"

Jul 27, 2002

Open to members at the Contributing Level ($125) and above. By invitation only. RSVP required. Please call Theresa Hashimoto at 213.830.5655 for more information.

Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Japanese Girl's Hair Pin

Jul 27, 2002

Participants will learn how to create traditional Japanese doll hair ornaments (tsumami) out of rice paper.

Passports to Friendship

Jul 27, 2002 - Oct 13, 2002

In 1927, millions of American and Japanese children participated in an exchange program aimed at promoting peace, goodwill and understanding between their two nations. American children sent 12,739 dolls to coincide with the traditional Japanese Girl's Day festival known as Hina Matsuri. Later that year, Japanese children reciprocated by sending 58 dolls to the U.S. in time for Christmas celebrations. Each doll ca...

Sponsors' Reception for the exhibition, "Passports to Friendship: Celebrating 75 Years of U.S.-Japan Friendship Doll Exchange"

Jul 26, 2002

Attendance at this private event is by invitation only.

Fresh Words and Actions

Jul 25, 2002

Performance Arts Series Held Every Fourth Thursday A cantankerous Chinese woman nearing the end of her life flees her home in Manila after her American grandson reveals a family secret. On the plane, she initiates an imaginary conversation with him in which she exposes the secrets of her own past. From the Second World War to the Marcos Era, from the Great Wall of China to Washington's Air and Space Museum, her ep...

International Nikkei Research Project Book Signing in San Francisco

Jul 13, 2002

Join us to celebrate the launching of two pioneering publications, New Worlds, New Lives: Globalization and People of Japanese Descent in the Americas and from Latin America in Japan and Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendants in the Americas: An Illustrated History of the Nikkei, based on the International Nikkei Research Project, a three-year collaborative project coordinated by the National Museum. Japanese Cultur...