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  • Exhibition Tour of BeHere / 1942 with artist Masaki Fujihata

    May 19, 2022

    FREE Join Masaki Fujihata, the visionary Japanese media artist behind BeHere / 1942: A New Lens on the Japanese American Incarceration, for a guided tour of JANM’s newest exhibition. Photo credit: Jim Conner

  • On the Passing of Judge Vincent H. Okamoto

    Oct 01, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA—As the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Japanese American National Museum, it is with sadness and much respect that I note the passing of Judge Vincent H. Okamoto, a decorated Vietnam veteran, a prominent lawyer and judge, an articulate speaker and historian and a community leader. Judge Okamoto’s personal story is remarkable. The 10th child and sixth son born in an American concentration ...

  • ON THE PASSING OF FRANK HAJIME WATASE

    Sep 21, 2020

    Los Angeles, CA–In my capacity as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum, I wanted to convey our condolences and deepest sympathies to the family of Frank Hajime Watase at his recent passing earlier this month at the age of 96. Frank was among the first Trustees for JANM before our public opening in 1992 and served as a Governor twice. Frank believed in our mission to pres...

  • JUDITH HILL SET TO PERFORM AT JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM’S GALA DINNER

    Mar 22, 2018

    Los Angeles, CA—Singer-songwriter Judith Hill, along with her musician parents, Michiko and Pee Wee Hill, will be the featured performers at the Japanese American National Museum’s Gala Dinner and Silent Auction on April 21, 2018, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles. Judith Hill has been a background singer for such legends as Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Ringo Starr, and the late Michael Jac...

  • 2017 Natsumatsuri Family Festival

    Aug 19, 2017

    FREE ALL DAY Join us for our annual summer celebration featuring Japanese and Japanese American performances, crafts, and activities. Musical performances Free souvenir photos at our happi coat photo booth Free samples of saataa andaagii (Okinawan deep-fried pastries) Basic taiko drumming lessons Fun crafts including origami and the ever-popular Natsumatsuri paper hats JANM Members ...

  • GEORGE TAKEI DONATES PERSONAL COLLECTION TO JANM

    Sep 28, 2016

    Pioneering actor and passionate civil rights activist George Takei has donated his personal collection, which represents the many facets of his life and career, to the Japanese American National Museum. The collection will serve as the foundation of a new exhibition that will open at the museum in March 2017, titled New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei. The George Takei Collection features a wide ra...

  • JANM BEGINS WORK ON NATIONAL PARK SERVICE-FUNDED PROJECTS

    Sep 12, 2016

    Utilizing a total of more than $115,000 from two National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites grants for 2016, the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) has begun conservation work on the Allen Hendershott Eaton Collection of art and artifacts, and will soon begin digitization of the Gihachi and Tsugio Yamashita Collection for an interactive website that chronicles one family’s journeys during World...

  • ALLEN SAY TO DISCUSS LATEST BOOK, 'DRAWING FROM MEMORY', ON SEPT. 17, AT JANM

    Sep 14, 2011

    Award-winning illustrator and writer Allen Say will be interviewed about his latest book, Drawing from Memory, in which Say recounts his own struggle to achieve success in a public program set for Saturday, September 17, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. Say will be interviewed by John Mason of Scholastic Books. Say has been recognized as one of the top illustrators and ...

  • MUSEUM'S 13TH SUMMER FESTIVAL TO FEATURE CHADO TEA TASTINGS, CONCERT, FAMILY ACTIVITIES AUG. 13-14

    Aug 09, 2011

    The Japanese American National Museum celebrates its 13th Annual Summer Festival on the Courtyard with the Los Angeles Tea Festival by Chado Tea Room, free hands-on arts and crafts activities for families, a ticketed concert featuring traditional Japanese folk songs, and fun features related to its latest exhibition, Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo, on Saturday, August 13, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tra...

  • AUTHOR KAREN YAMASHITA TO DISCUSS LATEST BOOK, 'I HOTEL', ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

    Sep 08, 2010

    Award-winning writer and novelist Karen Tei Yamashita will read from and discuss her latest book, I Hotel, at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo on Saturday, September 18, beginning at 2 p.m. Yamashita, who came to prominence with her novel, Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (1990), is also author of Brazil-Maru (1992), Tropic of Orange (1997) and Circle K Cycles (2001). Her latest book is orga...