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  • 2023 Benefit & Online Auction - Press

    PRESS INQUIRIES For press inquiries, email mediarelations@janm.org or call 213.830.5690.

  • 2023 Benefit and Online Auction—Photos

    Thank you to everyone who attended our 2023 Benefit and Online Auction event at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown on May 13, 2023. We hope you enjoy the photos below taken by the event photographers!

  • More Than a Game: Sport in the Japanese American Community—Japanese American Sports Trivia

    Test your knowledge of these sports in the Japanese American community: golf, wrestling, racing, basketball, judo, kendo, bowling, baseball, sumo, and weightlifting! View a set of twelve sports cards that were produced in conjunction with the More Than a Game exhibition by the JANM Store designed by Gary van der Steur.

  • More Than a Game: Sport in the Japanese American Community—Stories

    Discover Nikkei is JANM’s community-based web project that promotes connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora. Browse exhibition resources available on Discover Nikkei for articles and videos showcasing Nikkei in a variety of sports.

  • More Than a Game: Sport in the Japanese American Community—Resources

    Browse this exhibition’s resources below for a bibliography and links to websites featuring Japanese Americans in sports.

  • More Than a Game: Sport in the Japanese American Community—store

    JANM members receive a 10% discount! Join or renew now

  • Legacy Society

    Legacy Society The Japanese American National Museum Legacy Society is a group of people who have arranged a future gift to JANM in their estate plans. They share a common bond of commitment to the future of JANM and acknowledge the importance of the Museum in preserving the rich heritage and cultural identity of Japanese Americans to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversit...

  • Planned Giving

    What will your legacy be? Share your legacy with future generations and be a part of JANM’s mission by including the Museum in your estate plans.

  • Tanaka Photo Studio: Family, Tradition, Business, and Community Before WWII—Tanaka Studio

    Chikashi Tanaka was born to Yasuhei Tsukagoshi and Shina Tanaka on April 21, 1888 in Gokanmura, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He grew up with ten siblings and was especially close to his sister Kiye. His mother was the daughter of a wealthy landowner and his father was the soncho, the head of the village. His uncle, Giichi Tanaka, was a missionary who inspired the Tanaka household to convert to Christianity. Faith would p...

  • Tanaka Photo Studio: Family, Tradition, Business, and Community Before WWII—Photos

    Click through the photo galleries below to see a selection of photographs taken by Tanaka Photo Studio. See the joy, sorrow, celebrations, traditions, and businesses expressed through the lives of Japanese Americans before World War II. After clicking on a photo, you can zoom in for a closer look. For those who have visited or live in Los Angeles, you will see the connection between the past and present through tradi...