Japan Foundation Los Angeles Museum - Japanese Art - LA Now | The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles Presents “ Manifesting Icons: The Materials and Making of Buddhist Visual Culture in Asia” March 5 – June 2 April 22, 2026
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Culture - LA Kami Now | The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles Presents “Guardians of Beringia: Kami Kamuy” A Multisensory Ceramic Exhibition Exploring Indigenous Spirit Worlds Across the Pacific Rim, March 5 – April 9 March 18, 2026
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Museum - Japanese Art - LA VanHartingsveldt Michael Monthly | Japan Foundation Presents In-Person Lecture Series of “Japanese Sculpture” by Michael VanHartingsveldt from November 2025 through April 2026 February 26, 2026
Craft Japan Foundation Los Angeles Museum - Japanese Art - LA 2026 Feb 18 | Closing | Japan Foundation Presents “Package Craft: From Candy Box to Sculpture” art exhibition from Nov. 21, 2025 through Feb. 18, 2026 February 18, 2026
Ema Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Culture - LA Koyasan Buddhist Temple 2026 Jan 17 | Japanese New Year Traditions Celebrated at Japan Foundation with Ema Workshop January 17, 2026
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Culture - LA Koyasan Buddhist Temple Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo 2026 Jan 17 | Japan Foundation Los Angeles Presents “Celebrate the New Year – Write Your Wish on an Ema!” on Saturday, Jan. 17, 11AM -12:30PM January 17, 2026
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA Museum - Japanese Art - LA 2025/11/18 | Japan Foundation hosts “An Evening of Woodblock Prints” lecture and demonstration in conjunction with “Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures” exhibition at LACMA November 18, 2025
Folklore Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Culture - LA Japanese Topics - World 2025/09/25 – 11/08 | Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibition “YOKAI PARADE: Supernatural Monsters from Japan” comes to Los Angeles from Sep. 25 – Nov. 08, 2025 November 8, 2025
Japan Foundation Los Angeles McArthur Meher Museum - Japanese Art - LA 2025/11/06/ Japan Foundation Los Angeles hosts official Book Launch party for Japanese art historian and curator Meher McArthur’s “A Japanese Art Journey” published by Tuttle Books Nov. 6 November 6, 2025
Craft Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Topics - World 2025/08/14/ Japan Foundation | Artist Talk: Kenta Takaki – Turning Porcelain into TOFU August 14, 2025
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Online Events 2025/06/18/ Japan Foundation Online Lecture Series | Japan and Kami 3: Shinto and Japanese Life – as seen at Meiji Jingu Shinto Shrine, Tokyo June 18, 2025
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Topics - World 2025/06/11/ Fifth Japanese Architects Talk Series “Suki: Microcosm of Tastes” held at Japan Foundation Los Angeles June 11, 2025
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Culture - LA Japanese Topics - World 2025/06/04/ Japan Foundation Lecture “Through the Fragrant Screen: Genji’s World in Scent and Space” June 4, 2025
Film-TV Japan Foundation Los Angeles Sumo World premiere of screening “THE WIDE WEST” with sumo champions panel takes place at Japan Foundation Los Angeles | June 02, 2025 June 2, 2025
Chanoyu - Tea Gathering - LA Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Topics - World 2025/05/08/ Japan Foundation Lecture & Workshop / Historic Matcha Tasting Game: Sensory Awakening through Tocha May 8, 2025
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Topics - World Okinawa Traditions 2025/04/29/ Japan Foundation Lecture / Renowned History Scholar Timon Screech talks “Early Western Imaginings of 16th Century Ryūkyū” April 29, 2025
Chanoyu - Tea Gathering - LA Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Culture - LA Japanese Topics - World 2025/04/23/ Japan Foundation Lecture / Kyoto’s Nishijin textile master talks in person April 23, 2025
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Museum - Japanese Art - LA 2024/2/22/ Japan Foundation to present Special Preview for Exhibition “TATSU: Depictions of Dragons in Japanese Art” Thursday, Feb. 22, 7PM February 22, 2024
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Culture - LA McArthur Meher 2024/1/18: Japan Foundation to present Online Lecture “Ningyo: The Beauty and Artistry of Japanese Dolls” by Meher McArthur, Thursday, Jan. 18, 7:00-7:40PM January 18, 2024
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Art - Contemporary 2022 / Japan Foundation presents “TANAGOKORO: Alternative Crafts by 16 Japanese Contemporary Artists” March 12 – May 28 May 28, 2022
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Japanese Culture - LA Little Tokyo Community 2022 / Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibition “NINGYO: Art and Beauty of Japanese dolls” at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Feb. 3-March 13 March 13, 2022
Film-TV Japan Foundation Los Angeles 2021 / Japan Foundation Screening / “The Night / Swam” Nov. 20, 3PM & 5PM December 4, 2021
Film-TV Garden - Shoseian Teahouse - Glendale Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japanese Garden 2021 / Japan Foundation to present outdoor screening and samurai acting workshop at Shoseian Teahouse, Sept. 19 at 6:00PM September 19, 2021
Japan Foundation Los Angeles 2021 / Temporarily Closed = Japan Foundation Art Exhibition / Nobuo Anzai: Still Lifes & Folktales. Aug. 02-31 August 31, 2021
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Online Events 2021 / Online Exhibition by Japan Foundation / Nobuo Anzai: Homage to a Nomadic Storyteller, March 18 – June 18 June 18, 2021
Film-TV Japan Foundation Los Angeles Online Events 2021 / Japan Foundation to present online screening “Words Can’t Go There” about American shakuhachi master John Kaizan Neptune, June 12, 7PM – June 13, 7PM, PDT June 13, 2021
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Online Events 2021 / Japan Foundation Music Monday to feature shakuhachi player Elliot Kanshin Kallen online, April 26 at 12:30PM, PDT April 26, 2021
Hogaku - Japanese Music Japan Foundation Los Angeles Japan-1 Online Events 2021 / Japan Foundation to present Gagaku performance live from Tokyo, Monday, April 5, at 6:00 pm, PDT April 4, 2021
Japan Foundation Los Angeles Online Events 2021 / Virtual concert: Composer & player Naomi Ozawa to perform healing-style music via Japan Foundation’s Music Mondays, Feb. 8 at 12:30PM, PST February 7, 2021
Hogaku - Japanese Music Japan Foundation Los Angeles Online Events 2021 / Japan Foundation Music Mondays to feature Hana Hibiki, Shakuhachi & Koto Duo, Jan. 11, 12:30PM, PST January 8, 2021
