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  • Member Appreciation Days 2022

    Nov 25, 2022 - Nov 27, 2022

    We appreciate the support of JANM members and are thankful for your patronage through these interesting times! To show our gratitude we are offering 20% discount on qualified store purchases* from November 25th-27th. You must place your orders between November 25th-27th in order to qualify for the 20% discount. To receive the special 20% off discount online, enter the code: MADNESS when prompted for a discount co...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    May 06, 2017

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

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Apr 15, 2017

    Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this 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 the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as well as ...

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Apr 01, 2017

    Roughly translated, mottainai means "don’t be wasteful" in Japanese. In this 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 the one-hour class to be both restorative and invigorating, with opportunities to practice deep stretches as well as ...

  • "Instructions to All Persons" Teacher Workshop

    Mar 31, 2017 - Apr 01, 2017

    THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY Friday, March 31 • 4 p.m.–8 p.m. Saturday, April 1 • 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. You and your colleagues are invited to participate in a JANM teacher workshop! The two-day workshop will bring scholars, experts, and first-person voices to Instructions to All Persons: Reflections on Executive Order 9066. Together we will gain a better understanding of how the current political climate ...

  • NUNO Textiles Trunk Show

    Nov 21, 2015 - Nov 22, 2015

    Saturday, November 21–Sunday, November 22 12 p.m.–4:30 p.m. "Nuno" is the Japanese word for fabric. Since launching in 1984, NUNO Textiles has worked exclusively with weavers and dyers in Japan, combining old practices with new technologies to create textiles that are original, distinctive, and fresh. Today, NUNO designs are highly acclaimed and reside in the collections of major museums around the world. ...

  • Film Screening and Q&A: "Saving Face"

    Nov 12, 2014

    In a partnership with Visual Communications and Angry Asian Man, JANM is pleased to present a tenth anniversary screening of the theatrical release of the romantic comedy/drama Saving Face. A Manhattan surgeon faces pressure from her mother to find a nice man and settle down. What the mother doesn’t realize is that her daughter is gay. The film looks at the surgeon’s struggle to find balance between career, r...

  • 'LANDSCAPING AMERICA: BEYOND THE JAPANESE GARDEN' EXTENDS RUN UNTIL JANUARY 6, 2008

    Oct 17, 2007

    The Japanese American National Museum announced that it has extended the exhibition run for Landscaping American: Beyond the Japanese Garden through January 6, 2008. The exhibition, which opened June 17, was originally set to close on October 21, 2007. Landscaping America explores the history and influence of Japanese-style gardens and Japanese American gardeners on the American landscape. It also describes how Ja...

  • Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata: Japanese Girl's Oshi-e

    Jul 13, 2002

    Shibata Sensei will lead a series of hands-on workshops to explore traditional Japanese and American doll making. Participants will learn how to make Japanese traditional dolls out of rice paper in this session.

  • Spotlight on Four Angelenos: Illuminating History Through Ordinary Lives

    Jul 19, 1997

    Performance and Discussion At the California African American Museum 600 State Drive at Exposition Park, Los Angeles (213) 744-7432 Second in a three-part series co-sponsored by the Playrights Project, the Angeles Plaza, California Afro American Museum, and the Japanese American National Museum. This project features professional theatre artists who will perform monologues based on the lives of Los Ange...