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"Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

2016年11月05日

Tour the ongoing exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community with JANM’s knowledgeable docents. Free with museum admission.

Mottainai Yoga with traci

2016年09月24日

Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as...

Mottainai Yoga with traci

2016年09月10日

Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this three-session yoga and meditation workshop for all levels, certified yoga instructor traci ishigo invites participants to harness their own inner energy to prevent body, mind, and spirit from going to waste. Participants can expect each one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as...

"Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp" by Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey

2015年02月07日

In this creative memoir, Havey combines vintage photographs with her own paintings and writings to tell the story of how she grew from a ten-year-old girl into a teenager while living in Santa Anita Assembly Center and Amache Relocation Center during World War II. Havey will read from and discuss her book. Audience Q&A to follow. Free with general museum admission. The book is available at the JANM Store....

Target Free Family Saturday: Take It to the Streets

2011年06月11日

FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate the exciting world of street art with fun activities and workshops for the whole family! Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together. ALL DAY CRAFT ACTIVITIES: Stencil and pencils and markers… oh my! Express yourself with a colorful poster that’s all about you! Design stickers ...

"Sumo East and West"

2009年09月26日

SUMO EAST AND WEST is a feature documentary about Westerners in the ancient Japanese sport of sumo. The film traces this cultural upheaval from sumo’s introduction to America by Japanese immigrants in the 19th century, through the success of US-born sumotori such as Akebono and Konishiki, to efforts to establish it as a popular sport in the US today. Shot in Japan, Hawaii, Los Angeles, and Atlantic City, SUMO EAST...

Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Spring Flower Greeting Cards

2005年03月26日

Why buy a generic greeting card when you can create your own unique version? Welcome the change of season by designing cards with images of seasonal flowers. Class fees are $5 for National Museum members and $11 for non-members, includes museum admission and supplies. Reservations recommended.

For a Greener Tomorrow

2000年10月28日 - 2001年05月01日

Barred from leasing farmland in the early 1900s, many Japanese immigrants traveled from California’s countryside to the cities and turned to another kind of farming—gardening. This profession sustained Japanese Americans when they returned from concentration camps and also Japan after the war. A display, co-sponsored by the Southern California Gardeners’ Federation, surveys the gardeners. 100 years of contribution...

kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa - Extras

related resources on discover nikkei what does hapa mean to others? Watch interview clips of artist Kip Fulbeck, musician Mike Shinoda, and the Morton brothers (Johnnie, Eric, and Chad). Read “kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa—an artist’s thoughts” by Kip Fulbeck to find out about his views on the exhibition and its impact. More articles about being Hapa: Articles by Leah Nanako Winkler “Gr...

Allen Say’s Journey—Bibliography

Children’s books by Allen Say All titles published by Houghton Mifflin Company unless noted otherwise 1972 Dr. Smith’s Safari, Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. 1974 Under the Cherry Blossom Tree, reissued 1997 1976 The Feast of Lanterns. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. 1978 Magic and the Night River. Bunting, Eve, author; Say, Allen, illustrator. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. 1979 The Ink-Keeper’s...