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JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation and will reopen in late 2026. While the museum and store are closed, join us for programs and events on our Little Tokyo campus, throughout Southern California, and beyond. 

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  • Museum Store Sunday—"Ishiro Honda" Book Signing

    Nov 25, 2018

    November 25 is the second annual Museum Store Sunday! We join over 700 museum stores from all fifty states, ten countries, and three continents to provide a special shopping experience. Author Steve Ryfle will be at JANM to sign copies of his book Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, From Godzilla to Kurosawa. Join us for some kaiju-themed refreshments! Ishiro Honda was arguably the most internationally successf...

  • Six Taste's Little Tokyo Food Tour

    Jun 06, 2010

    Little Tokyo is home to several restaurants, bakeries, and other historical eating establishments. Its 100-plus years of history provide some fascinating stories. Six Taste's Little Tokyo Tour will take you throughout Little Tokyo, from Fugetsu-Do, a confectionary shop and the oldest building in Little Tokyo to Chado Tea Room, where you'll get to taste some authentic Japanese tea, to several other restaurants and oth...

  • Fighting for Democracy Pre-visit Workshop

    Mar 18, 2010

    Sign-up for a FREE Pre-Visit Workshop Thursday, March 18, 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Dinner provided) WHAT IS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY? For hundreds of years people have sought a home and future in the United States of America. They came, and still come, in pursuit of freedom and democracy. Yet, the dream of democracy is not without its struggle. Against the backdrop of World War II, a segregated America, and the Civi...

  • Giant Robot Biennale 2

    Oct 24, 2009 - Jan 24, 2010

    Curated by Giant Robot co-founder and co-editor Eric Nakamura, this expanded follow-up to the 2007 exhibition Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues highlights artists associated with the magazine over the past 15 years. David Choe • James Jean • Souther Salazar • Theo Ellsworth • kozyndan • Stella Lai • Jack Long • Albert Reyes • Jeff Soto • Rob Sato • Deth P. Sun Providing an overview of the Giant Robot aesthetic, t...

  • Living Flowers

    Jun 15, 2008 - Sep 07, 2008

    Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art is an innovative exhibition that showcases the traditional Japanese art of ikebana alongside cutting-edge contemporary art. For centuries, ikebana has been displayed in conjunction with traditional Asian art. In Living Flowers, arrangements by masters of the Ikenobo, Ohara, and Sogetsu schools of ikebana will be juxtaposed with the works of international artists. The exhib...

  • Member Holiday Shopping Days!

    Dec 03, 2006

    FREE ADMISSION AND 20% OFF AT 20 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTIONS The Japanese American National Museum, in partnership with 19 Southland institutions, hosts special holiday shopping days for members only! For one day only, National Museum Members will receive 20% off* at the award-winning Museum Store and online at www.janmstore.com. There will also be complimentary gift-wrapping and light holiday refreshments. ...

  • 1st & Central Summer Concerts: Riffat Sultana & Party

    Aug 24, 2006

    FREE 6:30 PM - Opening Act 7:00 PM - Featured Artists Daughter of legendary Pakistani singer, Salamat Ali Khan, vocalist Riffat Sultana channels the musical wisdom of 500 years and eleven generations of master musicians. The first woman in her family to sing in public, the musical maverick brings ecstatic Sufi singing that will move your heart and soul as well as your feet. Free. Reservations are not needed....

  • "From Tokyo Rose to the Patriot Act: Propaganda and its Impact on Civil Liberties"

    Mar 12, 2005

    In this second of a five-part seminar features Dr. Mitchell T. Maki, Acting Dean, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Los Angeles, and author of Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress, in conversation with noted scholars, activists, and artists as they respond to propaganda artifacts displayed in the exhibition Common Ground: The Heart of Community. This...

  • A Conversation with Velina Hasu Houston

    Mar 06, 2005

    In 1993, Velina Hasu Houston published the play Tea about five Japanese "war brides" who find themselves living in rural Kansas alongside their American GI husbands after World War II. Tea went on to become one of the most produced Asian American plays, shedding light on "the immigrant spirit that is the spine of America." As part of Women's History Month, Houston will revisit some of its groundbreaking themes and di...

  • Facing L.A.: A Conversation with its Writers and Poets

    Mar 14, 2002

    Join us for an evening of conversation and readings with some of Los Angeles' most provocative writers. They give voice to living in Los Angeles ten years after the riots and six months after the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. The program will also include a special reading of Angel Island (considered the "Ellis Island of the West") immigration poetry. An evening that fuses past, present, and the future thr...