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

September 17, 2026

NOW| JAPAN HOUSE | WASHOKU : Nature and Culture in Japanese Cuisine | May 22-Oct 18

July 27, 2026

NOW | Japan Foundation LA | KINETIC STILLNESS: Sculptural Ceramics Exhibition | June 18 – Sept. 19, 2026

July 27, 2026

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

July 27, 2026

NOW | Academy Museum | Studio Ghibli’s PONYO | Feb. 14, 2026 – Jan. 10, 2027

July 27, 2026

HICARE Atomic Bomb Survivors Healthcare Seminar at UCLA

Hibakusha - LA Hibakusha - World Hiroshima Doctors Los Angeles Los Angeles County Medical Association UCLA

HIBAKUSHA 2026 | Hiroshima Doctors to Share 80 Years of Research and Clinical Experience in Treating Atomic Bomb Survivors at UCLA Healthcare Seminar | Friday, October 9, 4-6PM

September 17, 2026

The 2025 Eaton and Palisades Fires: Fire survivors, case managers, and community leaders gathered on Thursday, September 10, 2026 in Altadena. (Source: Little Tokyo Service Center)

2025 LA Wildfires Disaster Case Management Little Tokyo Service Center - LTSC Los Angeles

2025 LA Wildfires | 1,397 Fire Survivors Stand to Lose Their Case Managers at End of Sep. 2026

September 17, 2026

Nikkei Wartime Experiences | UCLA’s Aratani CARE Sponsors film event “When You’re Smiling

Children of the Camp Gee Peter Ina Satsuki Japanese American National Museum - JANM Los Angeles Nikkei Tanaka Janice Tanaka Janice D Tokuda Wendy UCLA Aratani CARE Wakabayashi Ron Wartime Experiences When You're Smiling

Nikkei Wartime Experiences 2026 | UCLA’s Aratani CARE Sponsors film event “When You’re Smiling: Screenings on the Intergenerational Impact of Incarceration” at Japanese American National Museum Saturday, Sep. 26, 2026, 10AM -4PM

September 17, 2026

Grateful Crane Ensemble 25th Anniversary

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

September 17, 2026

LA's 33 String Workshop at Terasaki Budokan Sept 20, 2026

Koto Workshop LA's 33 Strings Little Tokyo Los Angeles Shakuhachi Workshop Shamisen Workshop Terasaki Budokan

Traditional Japanese Music 2026 | LA’s 33 Strings Presents Koto, Shamisen, Shakuhachi Workshops | Terasaki Budokan, Little Tokyo | Sunday, September 20, 10AM – 12PM

September 17, 2026

Art Descanso Gardens McArthur Meher Now

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

September 17, 2026

Ikebana display by Group Yokou

Descanso Gardens Ikebana Kitajima Yokou Kaz - Group Yokou Sogetsu LA

IKEBANA 2026 | Ikebana Exhibition for Celebrating 60th Anniversary of Descanso Garden | Group Yokou of Sogetsu Ikebana | September 14-20

September 17, 2026

Artworks of Tokio Ueyama: (left) “Self-Portrait” 1943, (right) “At Santa Anita (The Evacuee)” 1942.

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

September 17, 2026

Music & Ma: (L) Piano: Shigeru Kawai (R) Courtesy of zenkyu matcha

Hirata Makiko Japan House LA Los Angeles Okazoe Sachiko Omotesenke SC Piano Tea Culture LA

JAPAN HOUSE 2026 | Music & Ma: The Language between Piano and Sado | Performed by Dr. Makiko Hirata & Ms. Sachiko Okazoe of Omotesenke School | Saturday, September 26, 1:30PM – 4:00PM

September 17, 2026

Ms. Yuki Wakino of Mushanokoji Senke School of Tea

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

September 17, 2026

LA Kansai Club 2026 Grand Fall Music Festival Poster

Armstrong Theatre Torrance Grand Fall Music Festival Keiro Org LA Kansai Club Los Angeles Torrance

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

September 17, 2026

LTSC 2026 Mental Health Conference "Ebb and Flow"

Ebb and Flow Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Service Center - LTSC Los Angeles Mental Health Terasaki Budokan

LA ASIAN COMMUNITY 2026 | Little Tokyo Service Center Hosts Mental Health Conference “Ebb and Flow” at Terasaki Budokan | Saturday, October 17, 2026, 9AM-5PM

September 17, 2026

Cultural News - Donation Cultural News Association Higashi Shige

CULTURAL NEWS 2026 | Help Keep Cultural News as Reliable Digital Source in the AI Age

September 17, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Poster

Film Hang On To The Dream Theatre Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles Japan House LA JFFLA 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 Returns to Hollywood Sep. 18–20 with Free Screenings of Japanese Feature, Short and Independent Films

September 17, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 The Nikkei of Norwalk Poster

Chin Jeffrey Film Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 The Nikkei of Norwalk

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | The Nikkei of Norwalk | Hollywood Screening Sep. 18 at 6:30PM | Online Screening Sept.10-30

September 17, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 KORAKUEN Poster

Ando Mia Film Hang On To The Dream Theatre Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 KORAKUEN

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | KORAKUEN | Hollywood Screening Sep. 18 at 8:20PM | Online Screening Sept. 10-30

September 17, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Bite to Bite Poster

Bite to Bite Film Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | Bite to Bite | Hollywood Screening Sep. 19 at 11AM

September 17, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Califronia Scenario Poster

Film Hang On To The Dream Theatre Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | California Scenario | Hollywood Screening Sep. 19 at 2PM | Online Screening Sept. 10-30

September 17, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 JFFLA ENVISION by Hamamoto Poster

Film Hamamoto Marisa Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles Japan House LA JFFLA 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | Dance Performance, Screening, Talk by Maria Hamamoto and Infinite Flow Dance | Hollywood Sep. 20 at 11:15AM

September 17, 2026

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Persona Non Grate Poster

Film Hollywood Japan Film Festival Los Angeles Japan House LA JFFLA 2026 Persona Non Grata : The Story of Chiune Sugihara

Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2026 | Persona Non Grata: The Story of Chiune Sugihara | Hollywood Screening Sep. 20 at 3PM | Online Screening Sept. 10-30

September 17, 2026

Japanese Film Festival Aruzina 2026 Poster

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 | Sep. 18-19, 2026

September 17, 2026

Takahama A Japanese View from America Thumbnail US Capotol

Nuclear Sharing Policy Takahama - Japanese View from America US-Japan Alliance

A Japanese View from America | September 2026 | Pacific Research Institute | What If America Changes? What Should Japan Do? — The Kavanagh Report and the Next U.S.-Japan Alliance

September 17, 2026

Ken Koshio Taiko Extravaganza 2026 Poster

Arizona Koshio Ken Prescott AZ Taiko Concert

TAIKO 2026 Arizona | Ken Koshio Brings “Taiko Extravaganza 2026 – Prayer for Peace” to Prescott Elks Theare | Friday, October 16 at 7PM

September 17, 2026

Tea Ceremony with Pacific Plastics at Japan Foundation Los Angeles, June 18, 2026 (CN Photo/ Shige Higashi)

Japan Foundation -JFLA Kuribayashi Kaoru Los Angeles Tea Ceremony with Pacific Plastics Tea Culture LA UCLA

NOW | Japan Foundation LA | Tea Ceremony with Pacific Plastics – Tea house and zen garden installation – | June 18 – Sept. 19, 2026

September 15, 2026

"My Hero Academia in Concert scene (Source: Facebook/Segerstrom Center for the Arts)

Anime GEA Live Music My Hero Academia RoadCo Segerstrom Center The Wiltern LA TOHO Co

ANIME 2026 | “My Hero Academia” in Concert | Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, Sept. 15 at 7:30PM | The Wiltern, Koreantown LA, Sept. 16 at 7PM

September 15, 2026

LA Kansai Club 2026 Grand Fall Music Festival Flyer Japanese

Armstrong Theatre Torrance Grand Fall Music Festival LA Kansai Club Torrance

COMMUNITY 2026 | LA Kansai Club Presents “2026 Fall Senior Music Festival at Armstrong Theatre in Torrance | Sunday, November 1 at 1PM | Advertising & Sponsorship Deadline Sept. 15

September 15, 2026

My Hero Academia North America Tour Flyer

Anime Music My Hero Academia TOHO Co

“My Hero Academia in Concert” Brings the Anime Phenomenon to Cities Across the U.S. | Sep 12-20 | New Mexico, Salt Lake City, So Cal. SF, Seattle

September 15, 2026

LACMA Textile Alcjemy Reiko Sudo "Origami Pleats"

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

September 15, 2026

JACCC 2026 Healing with Gold : Christen Austin, Inner Child I, 2022

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

September 15, 2026

Glendale Cultura; Festival 2026 Poster

Glendale CA Sister Cities

Glendale Sister Cities Committee Seeks Sponsorships for Inaugural Glendale Cultural Festival on October 4 | Sponsorships Deadline Sept. 14

September 15, 2026

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