NW26 QUEEN | Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council’s Kara Kimiko Chu Named 2026 Nisei Week Queen at Coronation Event in Los Angeles | August 15, 2026 August 16, 2026
NW26 Tradition | Los Angeles Tanabata Festival Displaying 50 Local Hand-Made Kazari and 12 Giant Kazari from Sendai, Japan in Little Tokyo During Nisei Week Festival | August 15-23 August 16, 2026
NW26 Tradition | Hayashi Concert with Grand Master Kisaku Katada IV from Tokyo | Rafu Chuo Gakuen School in Boyle Heights | Sunday, August 23, 11:30AM-2:00PM August 16, 2026
NW26 Tradition | Shotokan Karate of America Hosts 67th Annual Nisei Week Karate Exhibition and Tournament | Terasaki Budokan in Little Tokyo | Saturday, August 22 August 15, 2026
NW26 Tradition | Team Kawachi Ondo Dancers and Singers to Bring Japanese Folk Fever to Nisei Week | JACCC Plaza Festival | Saturday, August 22 at 4PM August 15, 2026
Arizona Japanese Culture Club Arizona Japanese Film Japanese Film Festival Arizona KOKUHO Japanese Film Festival Arizona 2026 | Arizona State University (ASU) Media and Immersive Experience (MIX) Center in downtown Mesa | September 18-19, 2026 August 22, 2026
Art Japanese Friendship Garden Museum SD San Diego Textile ART 2026 San Diego | Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum, Exhibit Hall | Colors of Nature: Message from Antiquity | August 1 – October 25, 2026 August 22, 2026
Art Japanese Friendship Garden Museum SD San Diego Textile ART 2026 San Diego | Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum, Inamori Pavilion | Katazome: Japanese Traditional Stencil Dyeing | August 1 – October 25, 2026 August 22, 2026
Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA Sudo Reiko Takeda Sharon Textile ART 2026 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) | Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudō & NUNO | September 20, 2026–March 7, 2027 | Resnick Pavilion August 22, 2026
Japanese American National Museum - JANM Little Tokyo Los Angeles Wartime Experience NIKKEI Wartime | Japanese American National Museum Sets Reopening Date of January 23, 2027 August 22, 2026
California Florida Louisoana Michigan Morikami Museum Smithonian Traveling Exhibition Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition | Japanese War Brides: Across A Wide Divide | Rancho Cordova, CA “Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, Dec. 19, 2026 – Feb. 28, 2027 | Japanese American National Museum, Mar. 20, 2027 – Aug. 29, 2027 August 22, 2026
Art UCI Orange County Museum of Art Ueyama Tokio 1889-1954 Plein Air Painter TOKIO UEYAMA (1889-1954) | UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art Presents “Tokio Ueyama: The Hollows Between Mountains” | Segerstrom Center for the Arts campus | Sept. 26, 2026 – Feb. 28, 2027 August 22, 2026
Art Ceramic Art Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Kintsugi McArthur Meher ART 2026 | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) Los Angeles| Healing with Gold: The Art of Kintsugi on Ceramics & Beyond | September 12 – October 18 August 22, 2026
Car Show Fundraiser Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI NIKKEI COMMUNITY 2026 LA | Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI) Presents “2nd Annual GVJCI Car Show Fundraiser” | Saturday, August 22, 10AM-3PM August 18, 2026
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Kochiyama Alison Nikkei Community - LA Retire NIKKEI COMMUNITY 2026 Los Angeles | Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI) Announces Executive Director Alison Kochiyama to Retire at End of 2026 August 18, 2026
Japan Hollywood Network Japanese TV VIVANT Japan’s Blockbuster Drama “VIVANT” Arrives in Los Angeles Just Four Weeks After Premiere by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) Japan Hollywood Network Begins English-Subtitled Air August 23 August 17, 2026
Mushanokoji Senke Pasadena Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Tea Culture LA TEA CULTURE 2026 Los Angeles | Mushanokoji Senke Tea Ceremony Demonstration | Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena | Sunday, Sept. 27, 11AM & 12:30PM August 17, 2026
Japan House LA KIMONO CON Music Shamisen MUSIC at JAPAN HOUSE 2026 | By Blending Tsugaru Shamisen, Jazz, Piano, and Global Sounds, MAOSHO Featuring Ryota Kikuchi | Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7:00PM August 17, 2026
Brown Kendall Japanese American National Museum - JANM Japanese Garden Nikkei Genealogical Society GARDEN & JAPANESE AMERICAN | Discussion | Unearthing History: Japanese American Resilience in Southern California Gardens | Sept. 5, 2:00-3:30PM | Japanese American National Museum August 17, 2026
OCO Club OCO Natsu Matsuri Orange County CA Tanaka Farms WWII Camp Wall SUMMER 2026 FUN | 5th Annual OCO Natsu Matsuri at Tanaka Farms in Irvine Saturday, Aug. 29, 4-9PM | Free Admission August 17, 2026
Music Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center Yuki Saori JAPANESE MUSIC IN LA | Legendary Singer Yuki Saori’s One Night Performance at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center Saturday, August 22 at 4:00PM August 17, 2026
Grateful Crane Ensemble Little Tokyo Nikkei Community - LA LA NIKKEI COMMUNITY | Grateful Crane Ensemble to Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary in Little Tokyo Sunday, Sept. 20 from 2-6PM August 17, 2026
Cultural News - Donation CULTURAL NEWS | Your Hub for Japanese Culture is Now Free — Help Us Keep It Going August 17, 2026
Japan America Society - SC Kokusai Shimin Sho Yoshiki Japan America Society Honors Musician YOSHIKI with International Citizens Award during 117th Anniversary Gala at Biltmore Hotel in Downtown L.A. Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6:30PM August 17, 2026
Art LELA International Little Tokyo Los Angeles LOS ANAGELES – NAGASAKI | LELA International Presents “Expressions of Peace” 4th Annual Exhibition in Los Angeles | Makery Gallery in Little Tokyo | August 3-30 August 17, 2026
Craft Tokyo CRAFT in TOKYO | Shiba Park Hotel Showcases Japanese Craftsmanship in “Tale of Artisans” Exhibition | June 1 – Sept. 6, 2026 August 17, 2026
Hollywood Bowl Music North America Tour YOASOBI NORTH AMERICA | J-POP Duo YOASOBI to Kick Off “Never Ending Stories Tour” in Chicago and to Wrap Up Tour at Hollywood Bowl Sunday, Aug. 16 August 16, 2026
Double Edge Japan Hollywood Network Japanese TV Japanese TV in Los Angeles | Japan Hollywood Network to Premiere “Double Edge” August 9, 16 at 7PM August 16, 2026
Nisei Week NIsei Week 2026 NW Queen and Court NW26 QUEEN | Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council’s Kara Kimiko Chu Named 2026 Nisei Week Queen at Coronation Event in Los Angeles | August 15, 2026 August 16, 2026
LA Tanabata Festival Nisei Week NIsei Week 2026 NW26 Tradition | Los Angeles Tanabata Festival Displaying 50 Local Hand-Made Kazari and 12 Giant Kazari from Sendai, Japan in Little Tokyo During Nisei Week Festival | August 15-23 August 16, 2026
Fuji Japanese Music Hayashi Rhythm Nisei Week NIsei Week 2026 NW26 Tradition | Hayashi Concert with Grand Master Kisaku Katada IV from Tokyo | Rafu Chuo Gakuen School in Boyle Heights | Sunday, August 23, 11:30AM-2:00PM August 16, 2026
Little Tokyo Nisei Week NIsei Week 2026 Shotokan Karate America NW26 Tradition | Shotokan Karate of America Hosts 67th Annual Nisei Week Karate Exhibition and Tournament | Terasaki Budokan in Little Tokyo | Saturday, August 22 August 15, 2026
Nisei Week NIsei Week 2026 Team Kawachi Ondo NW26 Tradition | Team Kawachi Ondo Dancers and Singers to Bring Japanese Folk Fever to Nisei Week | JACCC Plaza Festival | Saturday, August 22 at 4PM August 15, 2026
Nisei Week NIsei Week 2026 NW26 Little Tokyo | 84th Nisei Week Japanese Festival | August 15-23 August 15, 2026
Karate Matsubayashi-Ryu Nisei Week NIsei Week 2026 Terasaki Budokan NW26 Tradition | World Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do Association Gathers for Tree-Day Seminar at Terasaki Budokan in Little Tokyo | August 14-16, 2026 August 15, 2026
