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  • THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM MOURNS THE PASSING OF ARCHITECT GYO OBATA WHOSE ARTISTIC VISION WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE DESIGN OF THE MUSEUM

    Mar 11, 2022

    LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is deeply saddened by the passing of famed architect Gyo Obata, who designed JANM’s 84,000-square-foot Pavilion. Obata was 99 when he passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 in St. Louis, Missouri. Obata was born in San Francisco, California, in 1923. His father, Chiura, was an Issei painter and art professor at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Ber...

  • "Nisei Stories of Wartime Japan"

    Jun 20, 2015

    After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, thousands of American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were in Japan at the time were barred from returning to the United States until after the war ended. Through ten interviews that encompass a range of experiences and attitudes, this documentary film takes an inside look at the experiences of the stranded American citizens. Discussion to follow with mother-and-son fil...

  • Special Engagement Opening: Colors of Confinement

    May 03, 2014

    Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in WWII opens to the public after 2 p.m. Read an interview with curator Eric Muller on Discover Nikkei. READ NOW

  • Exhibit of Japanese Flower Arrangements

    Mar 01, 2003 - Mar 02, 2003

    Celebrating its 35th anniversary, the practitioners of the Ohara School of Ikebana reach beyond the traditional styles of the art form of flower arranging with innovative and creative results. More than 80 arrangements by teachers and students of the school will be on display. At the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Doizaki Gallery Gallery Hours: 11 a.m.–4 p.m.

  • Our Man in Tokyo (The Ballad of Shin Miyata)

    A short documentary about the struggles and obsessions of Shin Miyata, a Tokyo-based record label owner and promoter who specializes in the difficult task of distributing Chicano music in Japan. The film explores Miyata’s goal of bringing authentic and diverse representations of Chicano and Latinx culture to Japan. His purity of intention hasn’t brought him financial gain, but has instead delivered a wealth of unders...

  • TO APPLY—2024 NEH Landmarks Little Tokyo Workshop

    Instructions for how to apply for “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations," an NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop for teachers.

  • TO APPLY—2025 NEH Landmarks Little Tokyo Workshop

    Instructions for how to apply for “Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations," an NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop for teachers.

  • Experience the Museum

    JANM is dedicated to promoting greater understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the richness and range of the Japanese American experience.

  • OUR PROMISE

    CAMPAIGN GOALS WAYS TO GIVE UPCOMING EVENTS PRESS DONATE Our story is an American story. Our founders promised that the Museum would stand as a beacon of civil rights to ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans in 1942 would never happen to any other group. We are therefore embarking on the largest campaign in our history to secure our future and transform our physical and digital presence, our exhibitions, an...

  • Fellowship Application Guidelines

    JA | EN 2025 Watanabe Democracy Fellowship Application Guidelines 2025 Eligibility RequirementsApplicants must meet the following criteria:Background: Early to midcareer professionals from multiple sectors including business, government, arts, media, NPO/NGO, and education. This includes those working for companies or organizations, as well as those who are self-employed.Nationality: Applicants must be Japanese citiz...