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  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Sep 03, 2016

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

  • Mottainai Yoga with traci

    Aug 06, 2016

    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

    Jul 30, 2016

    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...

  • Big Trouble in Little Tokyo presents "The Joy Luck Club" (1993)

    Feb 11, 2015

    6 p.m.: Light reception 7 p.m.: Screening 9:30 p.m.: Q&A In this 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan’s bestselling novel, a Chinese American daughter is asked to take her late mother’s place at a weekly mahjong game, where a group of immigrant women have been gathering to share their stories since immigrating to the United States following World War II. Having only a passing interest in her heritage at first...

  • "MIS: Human Secret Weapon"

    May 25, 2013

    Screenings to be held at 12PM and 2PM. Composed of Japanese American soldiers who were trained as linguists, the MIS were essential in helping the U.S. achieve victory in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Many of the soldiers fighting and translating on the frontlines were Nisei who had previously been incarcerated with their families in U.S. concentration camps. Q&A with MIS veteran Hitoshi Sameshima to f...

  • Grateful Crane Ensemble Presents: Natsukashi No Kouhaku Uta Gassen

    May 01, 2010 - May 02, 2010

    Saturday, May 01 * 11 AM & 3 PM Sunday, May 02 * 2 PM $23.00 members; $25.00 non-members. To purchase tickets, please call (323) 769-5503 It’s “Men versus the Women” in the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s delightful spoof of Japan’s New Year’s Eve singing contest, Kouhaku Uta Gassen. The show features nostalgic and classic Japanese songs and entertaining impressions of your all-time favorite Japanese singers.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Spring Flower Greeting Cards

    Mar 26, 2005

    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

    Oct 28, 2000 - May 01, 2001

    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...