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  • Hello Kitty Girl Scout Program

    Jan 31, 2015

    This program is sold out. In this special program just for Girl Scouts, start your visit to Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty before museum hours and then create your own Hello Kitty–inspired artwork. $10 members; $20 non-member scouts ages 6-17; $30 non-member scout parents/troop leaders. Museum admission, materials, and participation patches included. Limited to 45 participants.

  • Kojiya Cooking Workshop with Myoho Asari and Sonoko Sakai

    May 25, 2013

    Since ancient times, rice has been the most important crop in Japan. Every village had a shrine where people would go to pray for a good harvest and good health. Where there was a shrine, there was a koji-maker, who used the koji mold to ferment rice, wheat and soy beans to produce such Japanese staples as sake, soy sauce, miso, rice vinegar, and amazake (a fermented rice drink). Amazake is traditionally served at ...

  • Edible Adventures in Little Tokyo: Little Tokyo Rice Delights

    Jan 12, 2013

    This tour will bring you to the local shops and restaurants of Little Tokyo for an opportunity to sample all things rice! The stops will highlight foods such as arare, onigiri, and rice milk. $40 members, $50 non-members, includes admission. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. RSVP early, 15 students max.

  • Mine Okubo: Following Her Own Road by Greg Robinson

    Mar 07, 2009

    Greg Robinson and Elena Tajima Creef will present excerpts from their new anthology MINE OKUBO: FOLLOWING HER OWN ROAD. They will discuss Miné Okubo's life and work, including the creation and influence of her pioneering camp memoir CITIZEN 13660.

  • 10th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard

    Aug 16, 2008

    FREE ALL DAY! Celebrate summer at the National Museum with a day of fun activities for the entire family. FREE raffle for Japanese American National Museum Members Join or renew your membership at the event and receive a special gift!

  • Anime Day on the Plaza

    Feb 10, 2008

    FREE, no reservations required Join us for this special collaboration between MOCA and the National Museum with special screenings, discussions, and activities around the art form that has inspired the work of artists like Takashi Murakami.

  • Craft Class with Ryosen Shibata: Origami Pop-up Cards

    Oct 08, 2005

    Perfect for invitations or just because—vibrant flowers surprise the recipient of your specially designed greeting cards. $8 for National Museum members; $13 for non-members, which includes supplies and Museum admission. Reservations are recommended.

  • Shipwrecked: Adventure on the High Seas

    Nov 02, 2003

    Become an explorer today! Imagination takes center stage as kids of all ages will discover what it was like to sail the high seas in the nineteenth century. All day.

  • Gila River

    July 20, 1942 – November 10, 1945“There’s not much you can do there. You learn real quickly that this life is a little different. And I think you also learn that complaining isn’t going to get you anything.”—Yoshimi MatsuuraGila River was built in the arid desert valley of Southern Arizona. In the beginning, dust storms blew like blizzards through the camp. Masayo Arii recalls how “the strong winds would come up and ...

  • Words, Weavings, and Songs

    Wakako Yamauchi, Momo Nagano, and Mary Nomura were innocent teenagers when they were sent to concentration camps during World War II. Behind barbed wire, their creative spirits remained undaunted—their lives fortified by art, music, and literature. Directed by John Esaki Produced by Karen L. Ishizuka 34 minutes Funded by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program. This production ...