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Japan House 2026 Nov Japan Craft Tea Pot
Cultural News Editor Shige Higashi at Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, October 30, 2026 (Cultural News Photo)
Pacific Symphony Nobuyuki Tsuji Pinao Concert
Los Angeles Koyasan Temple 2026 Shichi Go San Flyer
A Shichi-Go-San family photo with Rev. Izumi Hasegawa, left, Head Priest of Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America.
Film Shikata Ga Nai Garden Screening Poster
Chiho Harzaki What Makes You You? Mount Saint Mary's University Flyer
Aratani CARE Icon
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.
Behind the scenes of “American Hibakusha”
Japanese Food Expo Los Angeles 2026
Katsura Sunshine Rakugo 2026
Zenshuji English Rakugo by Eiriku 2026 November Flyer
LA's 33 Strings Fundraiser Concert 2026 November Flyer
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition “Japanese War Brides: Across A Wide Divide” (Left) A dance during the Occupation of Japan. Courtesy National Archives. (Right) Kimie Tanaka Smith, 2nd from right, attending a bride school class, Tokyo, 1952. Courtesy Robert Owen Smith family.
LA Koyasan Taiko Class by Shoji Kameda
NY Screening SEKKA 2026 Nov Flyer
Shumei Ikazaki Energetic Connections Slide
San Diego MIngei International Museum Ema
UC Irvine OC Museum of Art Tokio Ueyama Slide
20261013 Messengers of Peace Miss Shimane
Yoshitomo Nara, Matryoshka, 2026; photo: Keita Saiki (Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
“Weaving Time” at the Pavilion Gallery. Courtesy of Portland Japanese Garden, photo by Arthur Hitchcock.
Katsura Sunshine Japan House - Shinigami
Gozilaa Minus Zero Theaters Nov 6 2026 Poster
Gozilaa Minus Zero Theaters Nov 6 2026 Poster
Kouraku Matsuri 2026 Nov 08 Poster
Bridge USA Dance Dance Dance 2026 Flyer