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  • Otafuku "Okonomiyaki" Cooking Class

    Mar 16, 2019

    SOLD OUT Learn how to prepare okonomiyaki (Osaka style) from the experts at Otafuku Foods, Inc. This traditional Japanese dish, meaning "whatever you like, grilled" is as fun to cook as it is to eat. During this class, instructors will teach participants how to create their own okonomiyaki recipes, as well as give background on the history and nutritional benefits of the dish. $24 members, $30 non-members...

  • "Tatau" Panel Discussion and Catalog Signing

    Sep 10, 2016

    Artists featured in Tatau: Marks of Polynesia—including Sulu‘ape Steve Looney, Sulu‘ape Si‘i Liufau, Fred Frost, and Alipate Fetuli—will discuss their work. Moderated by curator Takahiro “Ryudaibori” Kitamura. Catalog signing to follow. Free with museum admission. RSVPs are recommended. Exhibition catalog available at the JANM Store. Image: Tattoo by Sulu‘ape Si‘i Liufau. Photo by John Agcaoili.

  • LA Dodgers Japanese American Community Night & Fundraiser

    Jul 12, 2013

    Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado Rockies Be a part of the largest Japanese American Community Night at Dodger Stadium and support your favorite community organization. Must purchase tickets in advance through the special online ordering page. For more information, visit janm.org/dodgers-night.

  • "Eclair: For Our Future, For Children" Screening

    Nov 10, 2012

    FREE ADMISSION! In 1943, the dark shadow of war is sneaking up and about to change everything. After losing his parents at a very early age, Akio lives his life in and out of the orphanage and reformatory. He encounters people like Detective Toyama who saves him from hunger by giving him a sweet pastry, the White Satan at the reformatory, his foster mother Fusano, Tomiko from the cinema, and people from the to...

  • Dark History: Santa Anita Park

    Mar 31, 2012

    Not a lot of people know that during World War II, Santa Anita Park housed approximately 20,000 Japanese Americans. Find out more about it from a short video produced by ESPN and some Japanese Americans that were there.

  • Young Professionals Invited to Asian Jewish Initiative Comedy and Cocktails Evening at JANM

    Jun 02, 2011

    Young Professionals are invited to a special evening of “Comedy and Cocktails” and to see the nation’s premier Asian American comedy improvisation group, “Cold Tofu,” on Thursday, June 2, at the Japanese American National Museum. Cocktail reception is 6:30 p.m., followed by the 8 p.m. performance. The evening is sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League Asian Jewish Initiative. Admission is $15, which includes hors ...

  • Kidding Around in the Kitchen Family Cooking Class: Fall into the JANM Comfort Foods

    Oct 24, 2009

    Please note that this class has been canceled. In this hands on class we will make some family friendly comfort foods celebrating the change of season and weather (we hope). Come with an empty stomach and an appreciation of seasonal cooking. We will tackle soups and chowders, fall sandwiches and some quick but delicious desserts. $25 members (for one child & one adult); $35 non-members, includes Museum admissio...

  • Taiko For Families

    Oct 01, 2005

    Hear, touch, and play! A hands-on taiko experience for the whole family featuring Hydaiko, a network of taiko drummers from several groups in Southern California.

  • Cold Tofu Improv

    Feb 22, 2001

    Join the National Museum for an evening of laughs with the multi-talented and entertaining improv group Cold Tofu.

  • Hisako Hibi Collection

    (96.601, 98.138, 99.63) Includes sixty-three oil paintings painted by artist Hisako Hibi at Tanforan Assembly Center in California and Topaz concentration camp in Utah from 1942 to 1945. Subjects include various daily activities, still lifes, and landscapes. Born Hisako Shimizu in Fukui, Japan in 1907, Hibi came to the United States in 1920 with her parents. In 1925, when the rest of her family returned to Japan, ...