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  • Author Discussion—"Life After Manzanar" by Naomi Hirahara and Heather C. Lindquist

    Jun 23, 2018

    If you missed the program, you can watch it online on JANM’s YouTube channel. What happened to Japanese Americans when they were released from America’s concentration camps like Manzanar after World War II ended? Life after Manzanar seeks to answer this question by shedding light on the "Resettlement"—the relatively unexamined postwar period when ordinary people of Japanese ancestry were finally...

  • "Common Ground" Exhibition Tour

    Jun 04, 2016

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

  • Target Free Family Saturdays: Winter Wonderland

    Dec 14, 2013

    FREE ALL DAY! Join us for winter-themed fun at our Winter Wonderland Target Day! SCHEDULE: 11AM - 2PM: Join Kidding Around the Kitchen for a simple, yet delicious, Winter Wonderland cereal mix recipe that will make a delicious snack as well as a fun home-made present the kids will be so proud to give away to family, friends and teachers alike. 12PM - 2PM: Bring the whole family to take a picture with As...

  • Fall and Winter Nabe (Hot Pot) Workshop with Sonoko Sakai

    Sep 22, 2012

    Looking for a healthy and hearty dish for the fall and winter season? The French may think Bouillabaise. Nabe is the Japanese answer. Nabe is a light stew made in a Donabe clay pot. We will cook everything right at the table. It is a convivial way of eating. Sakai will show you how to prepare and serve three nabes—Yudofu, made with tofu, daikon radish, and konbu seaweed, and served with ginger, shichimi pepper and...

  • " Great Grandfather’s Drum"

    May 19, 2012

    This documentary celebrates Japanese American culture and history in Hawaii. Told through an intimate and joyful portrait of Maui Taiko, descendants of plantation workers, and by elders who lived this history. Experience Maui Taiko’s dynamic performances on the giant drums, and travel with them on a heartfelt journey back to rural Japan to seek their ancestral roots. Q&A with the filmmaker will follow the screening. ...

  • The All-American Fortune Cookie...from Japan?

    Sep 20, 2008

    While popular history has ascribed the fortune cookie's origins to California, it is actually originally from Japan. Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, and Derek Shimoda, director of “Killing the Chinese Cookie,” talk about their research in tracing the cookie trail back to Kyoto, where it is still being made in small family-run bakeries.

  • Pop-Up Cards for Any Occasion with Ryosen Shibata

    Jun 23, 2007

    Be prepared for birthdays, holidays, and "just because" occasions by creating whimsical pop-up cards for that special family member or friend. $8 for National Museum members and $13 for non-members, includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations recommended. Made possible, in part, by the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.

  • "A Divided Community": A Staged Reading

    Feb 24, 2007

    Based upon actual events, A Divided Community was conceived by Frank Chin. During World War II, a group of Japanese Americans protested their unconstitutional incarceration by refusing to report to the draft board if called upon until their rights and those of their families as United States citizens were restored. Colloquially known as "the resisters," the actions of these men continue to generate debate in the comm...

  • Transcendients - Heroes

    Listed below are the names of the heroes featured in the Transcendients: Heroes at Borders exhibition. Click on their names to learn more about each hero. Kim Abeles Artist and professor Manal J. Aboeleta Public health advocate The Accomplices—Mike Sonksen, Peter Woods, Chiwan Choi Independent Publishing Collective Bernice Akamine Artist, community activist, and ancestral historian Susan B....

  • BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration—Artist

    Masaki Fujihata is a world-renowned new media artist. Among the first to explore the potential of computers as an artistic medium and a pioneering figure in “interactive art,” he is the recipient of numerous honors including the Ars Electronica Golden NIKA Award in 1996 for Global Interior Project. His career until 2015 is detailed in the Augmented Reality-enhanced book Anarchive 6: Masaki Fujihata. In fall 2019, he ...