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Workshops & Classes

Discover Your Japanese American Roots

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Workshops & Classes

Discover Your Japanese American Roots

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Explore your roots in this comprehensive workshop led by genealogy buff Chester Hashizume. Identify your ancestral Japanese hometown, uncover the meanings behind family crests and surnames, learn about conducting research in Japan, and much more.

$44 members, $55 non-members. Materials and museum admission included. Limited to 16 participants.

This workshop is sold out. To be placed on a waitlist, please email visitorservices@janm.org.

Read our 2015 interview with instructor Chester Hashizume on the JANM Blog.

In the Koichi & Toyo Nerio Education Center

Saturday, Oct 06, 2018

11:00 AM PDT

SOLD OUT

Explore your roots in this comprehensive workshop led by genealogy buff Chester Hashizume. Identify your ancestral Japanese hometown, uncover the meanings behind family crests and surnames, learn about conducting research in Japan, and much more.

$44 members, $55 non-members. Materials and museum admission included. Limited to 16 participants.

This workshop is sold out. To be placed on a waitlist, please email visitorservices@janm.org.

Read our 2015 interview with instructor Chester Hashizume on the JANM Blog.

In the Koichi & Toyo Nerio Education Center

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