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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

October 24, 2026

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

October 24, 2026

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

October 24, 2026

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

October 24, 2026

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

October 24, 2026

Katsura Sunshine Japan House - Shinigami

Hollywood Japan House LA Japanese Culture - LA-OC Katsura Sunshine Los Angeles Rakugo

RAKUGO 2026 LOS ANGELES | Katsura Sunshine at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles October 29 & 30 at 7PM | Special Halloween Rakugo – The God of Death

October 28, 2026

Nikkei Health Fair 2026 English

Japanese American Medical Association Little Tokyo Los Angeles Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center Nikkei Community - LA-OC Nikkei Health Fair Seinan Koreisha Senior Care

UpDate: NIKKEI Community 2026 | Seinan Koreisha Senior Care and Japanese American Medical Association Host Health Fair at Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center in Little Tokyo on Sunday, November 1, 12-3PM

October 28, 2026

Kansai Club Fall Grand Music Festival Flyer

Armstrong Theatre Torrance Grand Fall Music Festival Japanese Culture - LA-OC Keiro Org LA Kansai Club Los Angeles Torrance

Updated Ticket Information | Japanese Music, Dance & Fun Come to Armstrong Theatre in Torrance on Sunday, Nov. 1, Presented by LA Kansai Club, Supported by Keiro Foundation

October 28, 2026

OAA BEGIN Concert 2026 October Redondo Beach

BEGIN Japanese Culture - LA-OC Nikkei Community - LA-OC Okinawa Association of America - OAA Okinawa Traditions Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center Uchinanchu

Okinawa Tradition 2026 | Okinawa Association of America (OAA) Presents “BEGIN” Concert at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on Saturday, October 31 at 2PM

October 28, 2026

OAA World Uchinanchu Day Mini Expo 2026

Japanese Culture - LA-OC Los Angeles Nikkei Community - LA-OC Okinawa Association of America - OAA Okinawa Traditions Torrance Uchinanchu

Updated | OKINAWA Tradition 2026 | Okinawa Association of America (OAA) Presents World Uchinanchu Day Mini Expo at Toyota Meeting Hall of Torrance Cultural Art Center on Friday, October 30, 5-9PM

October 28, 2026

San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple Screening Story of Taro Higa Flyer

Battle of Okinawa Film Higa Taro Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Los Angeles Nikkei Legacy San Fernando Valley Hongwanji Buddhist Temple - SFVHBT

San Fernando Hongwanji Temple Presents Screening of “The Story of Taro Higa” Who Saved Thousands of Lives During Battle of Okinawa, Sunday, Nov. 1 at 11:30 AM

October 28, 2026

JRA Sushi & Sake Festival 2026

DoubleTree by Hilton LADT Japanese Culture - LA-OC Japanese Restaurant Association of America Little Tokyo Los Angeles Sushi & Sake Festival Washoku - LA

WASHOKU 2026 | Sushi & Sake Festival 2026 at DoubleTree by Hilton Los Angeles Downtown in Little Tokyo | Sunday, November 1, 11AM-3PM

October 28, 2026

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COMMUNITY 2026 | Cultural News Launches Drive for 250 Supporting Subscribers to Sustain Free Japanese Cultural Resources

October 28, 2026

Hyakkō Exhibition at JAPAN HOUSE London

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

JAPAN HOUSE 2026 | New Exhibition | JAPAN CRAFT: Art for Living – Hyakkō | Showcasing 2,000 Works by 123 Contemporary Japanese Makers | Opening Friday, November 6

October 28, 2026

Pacific Symphony Nobuyuki Tsuji Pinao Concert

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

PIANO: Nobuyuki Tsuji 2026 | Pacific Symphony Presents “Nobu Plays Rachmaninoff’s Mighty Third” at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, CA | November 19 – November 21, 2026

October 28, 2026

Kenny Endo 50th Anniversary Concert Yokohma - Kurahi Noh Stage Flyer

Endo Kenny Japan Kurahi Noh Stage Yokohama Taiko Taiko Concert Yokohama

TAIKO 2026 | In Yokohama, Honolulu-based Kenny Endo to Perform His 50th Anniversary Concert at Kurahi Noh Stage | Sunday, November 1, at 4PM

October 28, 2026

Los Angeles County Arboretun Ohara Style Ikebana Exhibition

Ikebana Japanese Culture - LA-OC Japanese Traidtion Los Angeles Los Angeles County Arboretun Botanical Garden Ohara Ikebana School

IKEBANA 2026 | Ohara Style Ikebana Exhibition at Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden | October 24, 25, 2026

October 28, 2026

Little Tokyo Legacy Foundation Preserving Culture Under Pressure Flyer

Bamdo Nao Bando Hirohichiro Japanese Traidtion Kanesaka Kirk Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Business Association - LTBA Little Tokyo Legacy Foundation Los Angeles LTBA Foundation Miyako Hotel Little Tokyo Muramoto Shirley Nikkei Legacy Wartime Experiences

NIKKEI Legacy 2026 | Preserving Culture Under Pressure: Japanese American Arts and Identity During World War II Incarceration | Koto Performance, Classical Dance, and Conversation at Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo | October 20, 2026

October 28, 2026

LA's 33 Strings Fundraiser Concert 2026 November Flyer

Japanese Culture - LA-OC Japanese Traidtion Koto LA's 33 Strings Pasadena Pasadena Unitarian Church

TRADITION 2026 | LA’s 33 Strings Announces 2nd Annual Concert & Fundraiser to Support Japanese Cultural Preservation and Community Outreach at Pasadena Unitarian Church | Saturday, November 21, 5:30PM-8:00PM

October 28, 2026

Hayashi Workshop by Fujinokai: Children came forward five at a time to play with kotsuzumi themselves at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute on October 24, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Fujinokai – Fuji Japanese Music, Inc)

Fuji Japanese Music - Fujinokai Gardena CA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Hayashi Rhythm Japanese Culture - LA-OC Japanese Traidtion Katada Kimisen Los Angeles

TRADITION 2026 | Fujinokai Introduces Gardena JCI Students to the Sounds of Classical Japanese Hayashi | October 24, 2026

October 28, 2026

PUBLIC CONFERMENT CEREMONY: Los Angeles’ Consul General Kosei Murora, left, claps after presenting the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays to Denver-area resident Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki at the Tateuchi Democracy Center in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles on October, 23, 2026 (Source: Facebook @ Heart Mountain Interpretive Center)

Consulate General Japan Denver Gov Decorations Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation Hoshizaki Takashi Japanese American National Museum - JANM Little Tokyo Murota Kosei Nikkei Legacy

WARTIME Experience & Decoration 2026 | Former Heart Mountain Draft Resister Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki, 101-Year-Old and Denver-Area Resident, Receives Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays at Los Angeles Ceremony | October 23, 2026

October 26, 2026

Stan Sung and members of the Furuya Foundation sign the new lease with the Little Tokyo Service Center for the new dojo in Little Tokyo.

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

LITTLE TOKYO 2026 | “Dancing for the Dojo” Fundraiser to Support New Permanent DOJO for Aikido Center of Los Angeles in Little Tokyo | November 14, at 5:30PM at Pasadena Buddhist Temple

October 26, 2026

Historic Wintersburg Fundraiser Sushi and Sake | Sushi chefs Jay Chen and Ernie Nishii

Historic Wintersburg Nikkei Community - LA-OC Nikkei Legacy Orange County CA

NIKKEI Legacy 2026 | Conservation of First Japanese American Church in Orange County, CA | Historic Wintersburg Fundraiser Sushi and Sake to be held at St. Wilfrid’s Episcopal Church in Huntington Beach on Saturday, November 7, 5-7PM

October 26, 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)

October 26, 2026

Grant Program Los Angeles Nikkei Community - LA-OC 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

October 26, 2026

Los Angeles Koyasan Temple 2026 Shichi Go San Flyer

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

JAPANESE Tradition 2026 | Los Angeles Koyasan Buddhist Temple to Hold Shichi-Go-San Blessing Ceremony in Little Tokyo on November 15 | Registration Required by Nov. 10

October 26, 2026

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

Japanese Culture - LA-OC 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

October 26, 2026

One Piece Mugiwara Store Grand Opening 2026 Century City

Anime & Manga Little Tokyo Journal Los Angeles One Piece One Piece Mugiwara Store Sony Group Toei Animation Co Westfield Century City

ONE PIECE 2026 | As First US Merchandise Store of ONE PIECE, MUGIWARA STORE to Grand-Open at Westfield Century City, Los Angeles on November 6, 2026

October 26, 2026

2026 Southern California Kendo Federation Team Champions: Torrance Kendo Dojo (Curtsey of SCKF)

Budo Japanese Culture - LA-OC Kendo Orange County CA Southern California Kendo Federation - SCKF

KENDO 2026 | Southern California Kendo Federation (SCKF) Holds 48th Annual SCKF Team Championship at Savannah High School in Anaheim on Sep. 27, 2026

October 26, 2026

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2026 | Help Keep Cultural News as Reliable Digital Source in the AI Age | $30,000 Needed for One Year Operation

October 26, 2026

LA Koyasan Temple Daihannya Go and Dance Flyer

Buddhism Dance Japanese Culture - LA-OC LA Koyasan Temple Little Tokyo Los Angeles Shingon Buddhism Takafuji Ukon

SHINGON Buddhism 2026 | Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo to Hold Daihannya Tendoku Goma Service & Dedication Dance on Sunday, October 25, at 1:30 p.m.

October 25, 2026

Tulips in Harmony 2026 Blooming Concert

Blooming Concert Music Norris Theatre South Bay LA Tulips in Harmony

MUSIC 2026 | Tulips in Harmony Presents “Blooming Concert” to Introduce New Talents & Fundraiser for Kumamoto Earthquake Victims | Norris Theatre in South Bay | Sunday, October 25 at 3:30PM

October 25, 2026

MOnkey D Luffy Statute in Kumamoto

Anime & Manga Oda Eiichiro One Piece Toei Animation Co trivia

ONE PIECE trivia | ONE PIECE manga series made its debut on July 22, 1997 in Weekly Shonen Jump

October 24, 2026

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

Artists - Los Angeles Harazaki Chiho Los Angeles

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

October 24, 2026

Behind the scenes of “American Hibakusha”

Film Hibakusha Kakita Howard Logan Ayu

HIBAKUSHA 2026 Film Project in Progress | Independent filmmakers working on documentary to preserve stories of Japanese American atomic bomb survivors – last AMERICAN HIBAKUSHA

October 24, 2026

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