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NOW | SAN DIEGO | Mingei International Museum 2026-2027 | Painted Prayers: The Japanese Folk Art Tradition of Ema | October 17, 2026 – April 4, 2027

November 12, 2026

Plein Air Painter TOKIO UEYAMA (1889-1954) | UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art Presents “Tokio Ueyama: The Hollows Between Mountains” | Sept. 26, 2026 – Feb. 28, 2027

November 12, 2026

NOW | POMONA | American Museum of Ceramic Art | Togei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics | Curated by Hollis Goodall | June 13, 2026 – January 3, 2027

November 12, 2026

NOW | Descanso Gardens | Sturt Haaga Gallery | Sound of Water: Feminine Expression of Fluidity | Jun. 20, 2026 – Jan. 3, 2027

November 12, 2026

ART 2026 | Shumei Hall Gallery in Pasadena | Energetic Connections: The Ki Paintings of Yoshio Ikezaki | October 4 – November 8, 2026

November 8, 2026

Sho Miyake - All the Long Nights - Two Seasons Two Strangers

American Cinematheque Film Japan Foundation -JFLA Los Angeles Miyake Show UC Riverside Arts

JAPAN FOUNDATION 2026 | FILMMAKER SERIES Unspoken Gestures: A Shō Miyake Retrospective | November 13-15 at UCR ARTS, Los Feliz Theatre, Japan Foundation

November 13, 2026

Film Sho Miyake Small Slow But Steady

Film Japan Foundation -JFLA Los Angeles Miyake Show

JAPAN FOUNDATION 2026 | Director Conversation and Film Screening | “Small, Slow But Steady” with Sho Miyake | November 14, 6:00-8:30PM

November 13, 2026

2026 San Diego Yokohama 70th Anniversary Yokohama Festival

Cleanup Kitsune Japanese Culture Mottainai Market San Diego San Diego - Yokohama Sister City Sister Cities Yokohama Festival SD

SAN DIEGO’s Yokohama Festival | Nov 14, 2026 | 70th Anniversary of San Diego-Yokohama Sister Cities | At Balboa Park in San Diego, 9AM to 9PM

November 12, 2026

2026 San Diego's Yokohama Fest Ricco

Akiyama Rocco Satoshi Analog & Grit SD Japanese Culture San Diego San Diego - Yokohama Sister City Yokohama Festival SD

SAN DIEGO’s Yokohama Festival | Nov 13, 2026 | Celebrating Life, Art & Friendship of Satoshi Rocco | At Analog & Grit in San Diego, 4PM to 9PM

November 12, 2026

Los Angeles Koyasan Temple 2026 Shichi Go San Flyer

Japanese Culture Japanese Traidtion LA Koyasan Temple Little Tokyo Los Angeles Shichi Go San

Celebrating Healthy Growth of Children ***** Los Angeles Koyasan Buddhist Temple to Hold Shichi-Go-San Blessing Ceremony in Little Tokyo on November 15 at 1:30PM

November 12, 2026

A Shichi-Go-San family photo with Rev. Izumi Hasegawa, left, Head Priest of Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America.

Japanese Culture Japanese Traidtion Los Angeles Shichi Go San Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America

Japanese Tradition 2026 | Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America Holds Shichi-Go-San Children’s Blessing Ceremony in Carson, CA| Sunday, November 15, 9AM-3PM

November 12, 2026

Film Shikata Ga Nai Garden Screening Poster

Film Gardena Cinema Hawaii Kaneshiro Tats Tatsuo Nemoto Eric Nisei Veteran Legacy Shikata Ga Nai

The Untold Story of a 442nd Veteran Comes to the Screen 2026 | “Shikata Ga Nai “ Showing at Gardena Cinema on Sunday, November 15 at 12PM (only)

November 12, 2026

Aikido Center Dancing For The Dojo Fundraiser Flyer

Aikido Aikido Center LA Budo Furuya Foundation Furuya Kensho Go For Broke Plaza & First Street North Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Service Center - LTSC Los Angeles Pasadena Buddhist Temple Sung Stan

At Pasadena Buddhist Temple, “Dancing for the Dojo” Fundraiser to Support New Permanent DOJO in Little Tokyo for Aikido Center of Los Angeles | November 14, at 5:30PM

November 12, 2026

Japanese Food Expo Los Angeles 2026

Hollywood Japanese Culture Japanese Food Culture Association Japanese Food Expo Los Angeles Ovation Hollywood Washoku - US

Japanese Food Culture Association (JFCA) Presents “Japanese Food Expo in Los Angeles” at Ovation Hollywood on Friday, Nov. 13 & Saturday, Nov. 14

November 12, 2026

Katsura Sunshine Rakugo 2026

Hollywood Japanese Culture Japanese Food Culture Association Japanese Food Expo Katsura Sunshine Los Angeles Ovation Hollywood Rakugo Washoku - US

At “Japanese Food Expo in Los Angeles,” Katsura Sunshine to Perform Rakugo Show at Ovation Hollywood on Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30PM & Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7:30PM

November 12, 2026

Zenshuji English Rakugo by Eiriku 2026 November Flyer

Eiriku English Rakugo Japanese Culture Little Tokyo Zenshuji Soto Mission

ENGLISH RAKUGO 2026 | Not Lost in Translation | In Little Tokyo, Zenshuji Soto Mission Presents English Rakugo by Eiriku on Sunday, November 15, 1PM – 2:30PM | Free Admission

November 12, 2026

Chiho Harzaki What Makes You You? Mount Saint Mary's University Flyer

Artists - Los Angeles Harazaki Chiho Los Angeles

Closing | ART 2026 | Los Angeles-based artist Chiho Harazaki’s “What Makes You You?” Exhibition at Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery of Mount Saint Mary’s University | October 17 – November 14

November 12, 2026

NY Screening SEKKA 2026 Nov Flyer

Craft Film Katagami Matsui Misaki New York City SEKKA Takai Akio

FILM 2026 | Documentary Short Portrays Akio Takai, A Craftsman to Preserve Japanese Textile Stencil Carving, to Screen at New York Documentary Film Festival | Misaki Matsui’s “SEKKA – Snow Crystals” at IFC Center in Greenwich Village | Nov. 14 & 16, 2026

November 12, 2026

Cultural News Higashi Shige

COMMUNITY 2026 ***** Cultural News Seeks 250 Supporting Subscribers to Sustain Free Access to Japanese Cultural Resources in Digital

November 12, 2026

San Diego MIngei International Museum Ema

Ema Japanese Traidtion McArthur Meher Mingei Mingei International Museum Now Painted Prayers San Diego

NOW | SAN DIEGO | Mingei International Museum 2026-2027 | Painted Prayers: The Japanese Folk Art Tradition of Ema | October 17, 2026 – April 4, 2027

November 12, 2026

UC Irvine OC Museum of Art Tokio Ueyama Slide

Japanese Art Now 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” | Sept. 26, 2026 – Feb. 28, 2027

November 12, 2026

American Museum of Ceramic Art Ceramic Art Goodall Hollis North America - Art Now Pomona

NOW | POMONA | American Museum of Ceramic Art | Togei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics | Curated by Hollis Goodall | June 13, 2026 – January 3, 2027

November 12, 2026

“Weaving Time” at the Pavilion Gallery. Courtesy of Portland Japanese Garden, photo by Arthur Hitchcock.

North America - Garden NUNO Portland Japanese Garden Portland OR Sudo Reiko Textile Art Weaving Time

TEXTILE Art 2026 | Portland Japanese Garden Presents “Weaving Time: NUNO – Textiles of Tradition and Transformation | October 3, 2026 – February 14, 2027

November 12, 2026

Burroughs Ann Descanso Gardens Great Leap Japanese Art Kwong Dan Manzanar Baseball Project McArthur Meher Miyamoto Nobuko Now Saito Chie Yoshida Kuniharu

NOW | Descanso Gardens | Sturt Haaga Gallery | Sound of Water: Feminine Expression of Fluidity | Jun. 20, 2026 – Jan. 3, 2027

November 12, 2026

Katsura Sunshine Japan House - Shinigami

Japanese Culture Katsura Sunshine Rakugo Shinigami

RAKUGO 2026 | Katsura Sunshine’s “Shinigami: God of Death” Tour | Seattle Oct. 23, 24 | Portland Oct. 26 | Los Angeles Oct. 29, 30 | Sunnyvale Nov. 1 | Houston Nov. 5 | Austin Nov. 6 | Fort Worth Nov. 7, 8 | Chandler, AZ Nov. 10 | San Diego Nov. 11

November 11, 2026

Gozilaa Minus Zero Theaters Nov 6 2026 Poster

Film Godzilla Series Gozilla Minus Zero

‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Scores Record-Setting $31.6 Million Debut During Nov. 6-8 Weekend at Over 3,000 Theaters in North America.

November 10, 2026

Godzilla Minus Zero 2026 Teaser

Film Godzilla Series Gozilla Minus Zero Los Angeles Takahama - Japanese View from America

GODZILLA 2026 | Young Americans Applaud GODZILLA MINUS ZERO: Can a Japanese Film About the Horrors of Nuclear Weapons Reach the Oscar Best Picture Race?

November 10, 2026

Gozilaa Minus Zero Theaters Nov 6 2026 Poster

Film Godzilla Series Gozilla Minus Zero Los Angeles Takahama - Japanese View from America

GODZILLA 2026 | Why America Loves Godzilla: From Hideki Matsui to Godzilla Minus Zero

November 10, 2026

Gozilaa Minus Zero Theaters Nov 6 2026 Poster

Film Godzilla Series Gozilla Minus Zero Yamazaki Takashi

GODZILLA NOW | Latest Series “Godzilla Minus Zero” Plays in Theaters of Nirth America | Since November 6, 2026

November 10, 2026

Godzilla Ninus Zero IMAX Poster

Film Godzilla Series Gozilla Minus Zero

GODZILLA MINUS ZERO | Godzilla Day IMAX Early Access Screenings Set for November 3, 2026

November 10, 2026

Godzilla King of The Monsters Tee Shart

Film Godzilla King of Monsters Godzilla Series Trivia

DODZILLA Trivia 1956 | “Godzilla: King of The Monsters” Re-Edited Without Reference Hiroshima & Nagasaki Atomic Bombing

November 10, 2026

Imagine Little Tokyo 2027 Contest Notice

Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Historical Society Los Angeles Nikkei Community

IMAGINE LITTLE TOKYO by Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTHS) | 14th Annual Short Story Contest Accepting Entries of English and Japanese Language | Deadline is February 28, 2027

November 9, 2026

Japan House 2026 Nov Japan Craft Tea Pot

Japan Craft Japan House LA Japanese Culture Little Tokyo Journal Los Angeles Mingei MUJI

New Exhibition ***** JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles to Open “JAPAN CRAFT: Art for Living – Hyakkō” Showcasing 2,000 Works by 123 Contemporary Japanese Makers | Opening Friday, November 6

November 9, 2026

Pacific Symphony Nobuyuki Tsuji Pinao Concert

Music Orange County CA Pacific Symphony Piano Segerstrom Concert Hall Tsujii Nobuyuki

PIANO Concert by Nobuyuki Tsujii ***** Pacific Symphony Presents “Nobu Plays Rachmaninoff’s Mighty Third” at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, November 19 – 21

November 9, 2026

Grant Program Los Angeles Nikkei Community UCLA UCLA Aratani CARE UCLA Asian American Studies Center

NIKKEI GRANT | 2026-2027 George and Sakaye Aratani “Community Advancement Research Endowment” Award Applications Being Accepted October 2 – December 4, 2026

November 8, 2026

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