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  • JANM Volunteers Host Kokoro Craft Show on October 20, 2024

    Oct 04, 2024

    LOS ANGELES, CA (October 4, 2024)– Volunteers of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host the 2024 Kokoro Craft Show with over sixty vendors at the Museum on Sunday, October 20, 2022 from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.Kokoro is a Japanese word meaning heart, mind, and spirit. The first craft show was a volunteer-led fundraising event for JANM during a national economic downturn in 2009. Now in its sixteenth year, this ...

  • POSTPONED: Two-Day Beginners Workshop: Wonderful World of Washi

    Apr 01, 2023 - Apr 02, 2023

    EVENT UPDATEThis event has been postponed to a later date. The new date will be posted online as soon as it is determined.Thank you and apologies for any inconvenience caused. Explore the wonderful world of washi! In this class, participants will cover a variety of wooden beads with delicate washi, traditional Japanese paper. Participants will then combine those handmade beads with selective commercial beads and arra...

  • JANM Mourns the Passing of Trustee Thomas Masami Yuki

    Jan 23, 2023

    LOS ANGELES, CA – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of Thomas Masami “Tom” Yuki, a member of the Museum’s Board of Trustees. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 10, 2022. He was eighty-seven years old. Tom Yuki was born on June 29, 1935, in Salinas, California, to Takeo and Miyoko Yuki. His grandfather emigrated from the town of Kaita in Hiroshima, Japan,...

  • Outdoor Screening—City of Ghosts

    Oct 22, 2021

    FREE Join us for a special, family friendly outdoor screening of City of Ghosts! A conversation with creator Elizabeth Ito, director and writer Ako Castuera, and episode stars Atomic Nancy, Zen Sekizawa, Honor Calderon, Tina Calderon, and Jessa Calderon telling stories related to their histories and their communities will be held before the screening. About the Show: Featuring a charming blend of animated ch...

  • Screening and Q&A—Paper Chase

    Oct 16, 2021

    FREE Please note there are two screening times: Saturday, October 16 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (PDT) Saturday, October 16 | 2 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (PDT) Join us for the premiere showing of Zentoku Foundation's new documentary, Paper Chase: Japanese American History Through the Lens of Vernacular Newspapers. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. About the Film: Paper Chase explor...

  • Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival—C3: Manzanar, Convergent

    Sep 24, 2021

    FREE In this polarized moment, how can the acknowledgement of shared histories really bring about steps towards positive change? The answers continue to unfold after the highly anticipated screening of documentary film Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust. Join community leader and activist, traci kato-kiriyama, in a panel conversation with Danelle Bacoch-Gutierrez (Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, ...

  • COMING TO TERMS: The Impact of World War II on American Jews and Japanese American Today

    Mar 17, 1998

    COMING TO TERMS: The Impact of World War II on American Jews and Japanese American Today Sunday, March 29, 1998 1 p.m.–5 p.m., reception to follow New York University Law School, Greenberg Lounge 42 Washington Square South FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC As a supplement to the exhibition America’s Concentration Camps: Remembering the Japanese American Experience at Ellis Island Immigration Museum, this pu...

  • 私たちの約束

    キャンペーンの目的寄付申し込み方法今後のイベントプレス寄付する私たちの物語はアメリカの物語です。全米日系人博物館（JANM）の創設者たちは、1942年に日系アメリカ人に起こったことが他のいかなるグループにも起こらないよう、当館が公民権のしるべとしてあり続けることを約束しました。当館の未来を確かなものとし、物理的・デジタル上の施設、展示やプログラムを変革するため、当館史上最大のキャンペーンを開始いたします。 昨年、JANMは「私たちの約束」という大規模な資金調達キャンペーンと、博物館の展示室のリノベーション、新しい常設展、プログラムの刷新をはじめとする当館の将来の計画を発表しました。コミュニティーの皆様からのたゆまないご支援と、金額や公私、また場所を問わない皆様からの惜しみないご支援によって、当館は6500万ドルの当初の目標額を達成することができました。このたびキャンペーン期間を2026年末まで延長するとともに、目標額を8500万...

  • hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project - Venues

    hapa.me – 15 years of the hapa project originated at the Japanese American National Museum and was on display April 7 – October 28, 2018. The exhibition is now traveling to other venues. See below for information about confirmed venues and dates.Interested in booking this exhibition? Download Travel Fact Sheet hapa.me Interactivity TRAVELING EXHIBITION SITES Current/Upcoming VenuesCheck back for updates. Past Ve...

  • The Life and Work of George Hoshida: A Japanese American’s Journey—Resources

    Bibliography The following books were used as sources in the development of this site. Hazama, Dorothy Ochia and Jane Okamaoto Komeiji, Okage Sama De: The Japanese in Hawaii. Honolulu: Bess Press, 1986 Kimura, Yukiko, Issei: Japanese Immigrants in Hawaii. Honolulu: University Of Hawaii Press, 1988 Higa, Karin M., The View from Within. Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, 1994 Lueras, Leona...