Celebrate Summer with JANM’s Natsumatsuri Family Festival

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will celebrate summer with its free Natsumatsuri Family Festival on Saturday, August 10, 2024 from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Museum’s annual festival features cultural performances, crafts, and activities for families and kids of all ages. Tickets are free and available at janm.org/events. Advance reservations are recommended. A full schedule of events will be posted on janm.org.

Festivities include performances by Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko and East LA Taiko, book readings with drift car driver and children’s book author Nadine Sachiko Hsu, souvenir photos by cre8tive outlets, fun summer-themed crafts and origami, a scavenger hunt for prizes, and more. Visitors also receive free admission to see all of the Museum’s exhibitions, including Giant Robot Biennale 5, J. T. Sata: Immigrant Modernist, The Interactive StoryFile of Lawson Iichiro Sakai, and Common Ground: The Heart of Community. JANM Members will also receive special perks when they check in and receive a Member sticker. Select performances and activities will be posted on the Museum’s YouTube channel throughout the day.

Natsumatsuri is sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Nissan Foundation, and the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. The media sponsor is The Rafu Shimpo.

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About the Japanese American National Museum (JANM)

Established in 1985, JANM promotes understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Japanese American experience. Located in the historic Little Tokyo district of downtown Los Angeles, JANM is a center for civil rights, ensuring that the hard-fought lessons of the World War II incarceration are not forgotten. A Smithsonian Affiliate and one of America’s Cultural Treasures, JANM is a hybrid institution that straddles traditional museum categories. JANM is a center for the arts as well as history. It provides a voice for Japanese Americans and a forum that enables all people to explore their own heritage and culture. Since opening to the public in 1992, JANM has presented over 100 exhibitions onsite while traveling 40 exhibits to venues such as the Smithsonian Institution and the Ellis Island Museum in the United States, and to several leading cultural museums in Japan and South America. JANM is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday–Sunday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and on Thursday from 12 p.m.–8 p.m. JANM is free every third Thursday of the month. On all other Thursdays, JANM is free from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. For more information, visit janm.org or follow us on social media @jamuseum.