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  • Together: A Community Conference on Mental Health and Well Being

    Sep 16, 2023

    Little Tokyo Service Center’s Social Services Department, in partnership with JANM, is hosting a day-long conference to offer a welcoming space for the Asian American community to come TOGETHER to address, examine, and understand mental health in its various forms. Conference plenaries will be interspersed with workshops and small group discussions that focus on specific topics related to mental health. Conference...

  • Asian Pacific Heritage Month Kickoff

    May 04, 2023

    Free Join the Japanese American National Museum and Visual Communications to kickoff Asian Pacific Heritage Month in Little Tokyo! Celebrate our community’s abundance and joy through music, food, film, and art. Admission to all of JANM’s exhibitions will be free throughout the evening. This event is produced in collaboration with the 39th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival which will run from May 4 to May 23,...

  • Fighting for Democracy

    Aug 10, 2019 - Jan 05, 2020

    We, the people, shape democracy; I, too, can shape democracy; Those who have struggled for freedom and equality have extended democracy’s reach for all. Fighting for Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? is an experimental exhibition based on these fundamental principles. It features seven real people and traces their stories throughout the pre-war, World War II, and post-war periods as examples of th...

  • Outdoor Movie Night: "Mothra vs Godzilla" (1964)

    Jun 15, 2019

    FREE JANM presents the quintessential sci-fi classic, Mothra vs. Godzilla, shown in Japanese with English subtitles. Watch Mothra battle the king of all monsters while mysterious twin girls hold the secret to controlling the destructive powers of the radioactive moth. Popcorn by Buttery Popcorn Co. and food by Takuma’s Burger will be available for purchase. A limited number of chairs will be set up, availabl...

  • Contested Histories at NVC Hall (Seattle, WA)

    Nov 24, 2018 - Nov 25, 2018

    TRAVELING DISPLAY NVC Hall Seattle, WA 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Allen Hendershott Eaton’s historic 1952 book, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire: The Arts of the Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps, explored art and craft objects created by persons of Japanese descent while wrongfully incarcerated in the World War II American concentration camps. It was one of the first books to examine any aspect of the lives of the ...

  • "Kaiju vs Heroes" Opening Day Panel and Signing

    Sep 15, 2018

    In conjunction with the opening of Kaiju vs. Heroes, toy designer and collector Mark Nagata and Marusan toy company President Eiji Kaminaga will participate in a discussion about kaiju toy history, the world of Japanese toy collecting, and their companies’ histories (Nagata is the founder of Max Toy Company). The Marusan toy company created some of the first vinyl kaiju and hero toys of the 1960s and these toys m...

  • Kaiju vs Heroes

    Sep 15, 2018 - Jul 07, 2019

    With mighty fangs, menacing horns, and iridescent gold scales, the lizard monster Drazoran crushes an imaginary city while Captain Maxx, wearing a bright red suit, flies in to save the day. Drazoran and Captain Maxx are two of the monsters and heroes that emerged from the creative mind of Mark Nagata, a toy designer and fervent toy collector. At JANM, Drazoran and Captain Maxx join hundreds of dazzling vintage and co...

  • Jewelry Workshop—Continuing to Work with "Washi"

    Jan 27, 2018 - Jan 28, 2018

    Saturday–Sunday, January 27–28 11 a.m.–4 p.m. (both days) Designed for students who have completed one of our introductory washi classes, this two-day workshop will continue examining the unique properties of washi paper and various methods of working with it to create jewelry. Explore the challenges of applying washi onto various wooden beads, and experience the excitement of integrating commercial ...

  • "Moving Day" program presented by GFBNEC

    Jul 20, 2017

    Each night through August 11, from sunset to midnight, Moving Day presents outdoor projections of Civilian Exclusion Order posters, which were issued during World War II to inform persons of Japanese ancestry of their impending forced removal and incarceration. The date of each projection will coincide with the original issue date of the order being projected. Projections take place on the façade of the museum’s Hist...

  • Film Screening & Panel Discussion: Beate Sirota Gordon: Women's Rights and the Constitution of Japan

    May 16, 2010

    Beate Sirota Gordon The Visionary Leader Who Introduced Women’s Rights to Japan To Speak about her Fight for Equal Rights Beate Sirota Gordon, who worked under General Douglas MacArthur to help draft Japan’s Constitution, will discuss her own personal experiences and her advocacy for equal rights for Japanese women. Come and hear her first and only appearance in Los Angeles. 11 AM –12:30 PM Film Screening: Sirota...