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369 E. First St. Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-625-0414

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Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Fri,Sat 11am-5pm, Thu 11am-8pm

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Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami

Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from March 10 until August 26

Know How to Fold 'Em: How Origami Changed Science, From Heart Stents to Airbags

By Susan Bell | Thu, April 26, 2012

What do cutting-edge developments in heart stents, air bag logistics and space telescope lenses have in common with a folded paper frog? These advances in technological design all are based on the pri... More »
Top 3 Weekend Food Events: Oshogatsu Festival, Wine Camp + Dead Celebrity Cookbook Signing

By Elina Shatkin | Thu, January 5, 2012

Oshogatsu Festival As part of JANM's Oshogatsu New Year's Festival, the museum will host an onigiri-making contest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. See who can shape a lifeless mound of rice into the most appea... More »
Kind of a Dragon

By Heidi Dvorak | Thu, January 05, 2012

Ring in the Year of the Dragon at the Oshogatsu Family Festival, which celebrates the Japanese New Year. Traditionally, family activities are the order of the day for this weeklong holiday, so the Japanese American National Museum is providing amp... More »
Drawing the Line: Japanese-American Art, Design and Activism in Post-War Los Angeles

By | Thu, September 22, 2011

Matsumi Kanemitsu hid Mickey Mouse ears in his otherwise elegant, fluid prints. The Yonemoto brothers indulged in Hollywood's image obsession but made glamour sinister. These and other smart, too often overlooked L.A.-based Japanese-American artis... More »
Year of the Rabbit: Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo

By Siran Babayan | Thu, July 07, 2011

Retrospective of the Japanese-American cartoonist's drawings and paintings, including the samurai rabbit character of Usagi Yojimbo. Tuesdays-Sundays. Starts: July 9. Continues through Oct. 30, 2011 More »

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RossHeckmann | Arcadia, CA | 1 Reviews

Event Review: Buddhism in Little Tokyo: Walking Tour

| Sat, April 7, 2012

I expected that this would be a good event, but it substantially exceeded my expectations. The person who led our walk was knowledgeable and experienced and shared a lot of interesting facts and information. First we very briefly toured part of the Museum itself. From there we walked to five different Buddhist temples, four of which are still being used as such. Each temple was very beautiful, colorful, sweet-smelling (due to incense), and (to a native Westerner such as myself) exotic. At each active temple, a religious official would give a brief talk about their religion, the particular sect to which they belonged, and some of their beliefs, practices, and distinctives. There must be very few if any opportunities to become acquainted with so many different Buddhist groups in such a short time. I hope this event is repeated so that others may experience it as well. I strongly recommend it.

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Japanese American National Museum

369 E. First St. Los Angeles, CA 90012

213-625-0414

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Every Tue., Wed., Thu., Fri., Sat., Sun. from March 10 until August 26

By Susan Bell | Thu, April 26, 2012

By Elina Shatkin | Thu, January 5, 2012

By Heidi Dvorak | Thu, January 05, 2012

By | Thu, September 22, 2011

By Siran Babayan | Thu, July 07, 2011

RossHeckmann | Arcadia, CA | 1 Reviews