Japan Foundation LA Modern Art Closing JUN 13 | Japan Foundation LA | Art Exhibition | Sanzen Daisen Sekai | May 9 – Jun. 13 June 12, 2026
Amakusa Clay Ceramic Art Japan Foundation LA Japan Foundation LA | KINETIC STILLNESS: Sculptural Ceramics Exhibition | June 18 – Sept. 19, 2026 June 12, 2026
Amakusa Clay Ceramic Art Japan Foundation LA Japan Foundation LA | June 18 at 7PM | DUAL OPENING RECEPTION – Ceramics show and Tea house installation June 12, 2026
Japan Foundation LA Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal 2026 MAR 5-JUN 2 | Japan Foundation LA | Manifesting Icons: The Materials and Making of Buddhist Visual Culture in Asia June 2, 2026
Japan Foundation LA Japanese Culture - LA Koyasan Buddhist Temple Japan Foundation | Workshop “Shabutsu: Tracing Forms of the Buddha” by a Singon Priest | Wed. May 27, 7-8:30PM May 27, 2026
Japan Foundation LA Japanese Culture - LA Kami 2026 MAR 5-APR 9 | The Japan Foundation | Guardians of Beringia: Kami Kamuy — A Ceramic Retrospective on Ainu, Shinto, and Native American Spirit Worlds April 9, 2026
Japan Foundation LA Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal 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 LA Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal 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 LA 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 LA 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 LA Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal 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 LA 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 LA McArthur Meher Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal 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
Amakusa Clay Ceramic Art Japan Foundation LA 2025 AUG 14 | Japan Foundation LA | Artist Talk: Kenta Takaki – Turning Porcelain into TOFU August 14, 2025
Japan Foundation LA Online 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 LA 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 LA 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 LA 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 LA Japanese Topics - World 2025/05/08/ Japan Foundation Lecture & Workshop / Historic Matcha Tasting Game: Sensory Awakening through Tocha May 8, 2025
Japan Foundation LA 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 LA 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 LA Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal 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 LA 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 LA 2022 / Japan Foundation presents “TANAGOKORO: Alternative Crafts by 16 Japanese Contemporary Artists” March 12 – May 28 May 28, 2022
Japan Foundation LA 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 LA 2021 / Japan Foundation Screening / “The Night / Swam” Nov. 20, 3PM & 5PM December 4, 2021
Film TV Garden - Shoseian Teahouse - Glendale Japan Foundation LA 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 LA 2021 / Temporarily Closed = Japan Foundation Art Exhibition / Nobuo Anzai: Still Lifes & Folktales. Aug. 02-31 August 31, 2021
Japan Foundation LA Online 2021 / Online Exhibition by Japan Foundation / Nobuo Anzai: Homage to a Nomadic Storyteller, March 18 – June 18 June 18, 2021
Film TV Japan Foundation LA Online 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
