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  • Visual Communications: Uprooted from the Scenes

    Jul 28, 2016

    In the Tateuchi Democracy Forum Join Visual Communications for the tenth edition of their popular summertime community extravaganza, organized and hosted by VC’s stable of summer interns. Screenings will include highlights from the 2016 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, works from VC’s Armed with a Camera Fellowship and Digital Histories senior media workshop, and select premieres by local APIA filmmakers. ...

  • "Reiko's Hina Dolls"

    Mar 07, 2015

    This fictional film is based on the true story of a Canadian woman who managed to keep a collection of traditional Japanese dolls safe with her throughout the WWII incarceration process. Free with museum admission. Purchase the DVD at the JANM Store. Learn more about the film in this interview with the filmmaker on Discover Nikkei.

  • Member Appreciation Days

    Nov 28, 2014 - Nov 30, 2014

    Friday–Sunday, November 28–30, 2014 JANM members always enjoy free admission and a 10% discount at the JANM Store or janmstore.com. This weekend, take advantage of free admission and a 20% store discount at JANM and other participating institutions throughout Southern California.* Visit janmstore.org/membershopping for details and the list of participants. *Excludes specially ticketed exhibitions.

  • Edible Adventures: Little Tokyo Sushi Graze

    Sep 13, 2014

    SOLD OUT Take a stroll through Little Tokyo and sample the many different varieties of sushi available—inari, maki, kaiten, chirashi. On this guided tour, sushi masters will tell stories that evoke the 130-year history of the neighborhood. $64 members, $80 non-members. Food and museum admission included. Limited to 12 participants.

  • Japanese Bites: Bento, Tsukemono, & Mochi Workshops

    Jul 06, 2013

    This multi-workshop event will let you try delicious and fresh Japanese food! Make traditional Japanese pickles with cooking instructor Yoko Isassi and create bento lunchboxes with cooking instructor and author Sonoko Sakai. And don’t forget about dessert—cookbook author Jenn Fujikawa will delight you with her fun take on mochi. Cost for all three workshops is $70 members, $80 non-members. RSVP early, 15 students max...

  • Sogetsu Ikebana Workshop for Beginners

    May 19, 2012

    Ikebana (“living flower”) is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Sogetsu Ikebana is a three dimensional artistic expression composed of flower and plant material arranged in a container. This workshop will introduce the student to the basic technique and style that are the foundation of many Ikebana arrangements. Instructor Mikiko Ideno will teach you how to arrange using lines and space. Flowers used in the work...

  • Fresh Words & Actions: "Mixed Messages", by Cherylene Lee

    Jun 17, 2004

    When a physical anthropologist of mixed ethnicity (Chinese, Japanese, British) discovers that her skull proportions bear a remarkable similarity to La Brea Woman, a nine thousand-year-old fossil, she believes she has found an important clue that will revolutionize the accepted theory of when and how humans first arrived in North America. Her research is complicated when a mixed descendant of the Chumash tribe wants L...

  • "Question 27, Question 28"

    Feb 19, 2004

    A performance presented by the Mark Taper Forum's Asian Theater Workshop in association with East West Players Starring Tamlyn Tomita, Emily Kuroda, Shannon Holt, and Dian Kobayashi, Question 27, Question 28 tells the story of the struggles, plight, and courage of Japanese American female detainees of the American internment camps of World War II. Nationally recognized playwright Chay Yew created a documentary the...

  • Fresh Words and Actions

    Jul 25, 2002

    Performance Arts Series Held Every Fourth Thursday A cantankerous Chinese woman nearing the end of her life flees her home in Manila after her American grandson reveals a family secret. On the plane, she initiates an imaginary conversation with him in which she exposes the secrets of her own past. From the Second World War to the Marcos Era, from the Great Wall of China to Washington's Air and Space Museum, her ep...

  • kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa - FAQ

    frequently asked questions We asked Kip to answer some of the most frequently asked questions regarding his work and the exhibition. What are you? I’m an artist, teacher, and student. Mostly. As an artist, why did you select photography for your project? We constantly have to prove we really are who we say we are through the use of photographs—driver’s licenses, passports, gym memberships, etc. I wante...