Search Results For

Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don: Exploring Cultural Identity through Okinawan Drumming

2024年03月09日

Eisa is a traditional Okinawan folk dance and musical performance to honor the spirit of Okinawan ancestors. As Okinawans migrated and settled all over the world, their music and dance traditions traveled with them. Join us for a conversation and Q&A with members of contemporary eisa groups—Lisa Tamashiro Maumalanga (Chinagu Eisa Hawaii), Rentaro Suzuki (Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Los Angeles Branch), John Azama...

Our Fragile Democracy: Historic and Present-Day Attacks on Our Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

2024年02月24日

On August 10, 2023, Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a historic statement and apology acknowledging the complicity of the California Attorney General’s Office in the incarceration and dispossession of Japanese Americans during World War II. Join us for a community education event featuring a fireside chat with Attorney General Bonta and JANM President and CEO Ann Burroughs, a keynote introduction by Don Tamaki, and ...

Imagine Little Tokyo Writing Workshop with Susan Ito and Naomi Hirahara

2024年01月13日

Participants were able to join award-winning authors Susan Kiyo Ito and Naomi Hirahara for an interactive writing workshop! Participants learned tips and got advice for writing short stories that they can submit to the eleventh annual Imagine Little Tokyo short story contest. Participants were also welcomed to sign up for a Little Tokyo walking tour with Little Tokyo Historical Society members, preceding the ...

Conversations on Race: Opening the Dialogue

2023年12月01日

The opening summit for Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in Los Angeles will convene speakers for discussions on the topics of Race and Wealth, Race and Wellness, and Race and Arts. Participants are invited to explore the exhibition The Bias Inside Us, an interactive project about the science and history of bias and what people can do about it.

Okaeri 2023 Conference

2023年11月10日 - 2023年11月12日

Okaeri’s 5th Biennial Conference on November 10-12, 2023 is a gathering that centers the Japanese and Japanese American LGBTQ+ experience. The conference seeks to: build community educate provide support foster understanding and inclusion for the Japanese and Japanese American LGBTQ+ community While conference content centers the specific interests, issues, and concerns of the Japanese and Japanes...

JANM’s “Our Promise” Comprehensive Campaign Virtual Briefing

2023年10月19日

The Japanese American National Museum is amplifying its powerful voice. Our campus and programs showcase how Japanese Americans’ lives, experiences, and culture intersect and resonate with the experiences of marginalized communities in the United States. Our story is an American story. Our founders promised that the Museum would stand as a beacon of civil rights to ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans i...

Delicious Little Tokyo 2023: Shib Sibs Book Signing

2023年06月24日

FREE Maia and Alex Shibutani—U.S. Olympians and published authors—will be signing copies of their books Amazing: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Inspire Us All and Kudo Kids series. Books will be available to purchase on the day of the event or you can order in advance from the JANM Store. Delicious Little Tokyo celebrates the legacy businesses of Little Tokyo! Learn more about all the activ...

The Japanese American National Museum Decries Proposed Texas Law Barring Citizens from China and Three Other Countries from Buying Property in the State

2023年03月09日

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) decries Senate Bill 147, proposed legislation that targets citizens of China, North Korea, Iran, and Russia from buying property in the state. The bill’s author, Republican state Senator Lois Kolkurst, asserted that the bill would not apply to US citizens and lawful permanent residents, but given the rise in anti-Asian hate, the proposed legislation echoe...

Sincerely Miné Okubo at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival

2023年02月25日

Sincerely Miné Okubo will be screening at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival, which will be held from February 23–March 5, 2023. This short biographical film is one of five films that are part of the festival’s program, Through the Generations: Japanese American and Canadian Stories. This film focuses on the artistic span and career of Miné Okubo, a Japanese American artist known for her graphic memoir Citiz...

Told by the children: A presentation of Oral History Stories

1997年06月14日

Children will share the oral history stories and projects that they learned how to collect at the May 17 Museum workshop. Parents, visitors, and friends are encouraged to attend. Free with Museum admission.