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

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

August 27, 2026

Japan Foundation’s tea ceremony demonstration at the David Geffen Galleries of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sunday, August 16, 2026 (Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Charlie Powers)

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TEA CULTURE 2026 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Hosts Tea Program of Japan Foundation Los Angeles (JFLA) at Geffen Galleries | August 16

August 27, 2026

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

July 27, 2026

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Japan Foundation LA | June 18 at 7PM | DUAL OPENING RECEPTION – Ceramics show and Tea house installation

June 18, 2026

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Closing JUN 13 | Japan Foundation LA | Art Exhibition | Sanzen Daisen Sekai | May 9 – Jun. 13

June 12, 2026

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2026 MAR 5-JUN 2 | Japan Foundation LA | Manifesting Icons: The Materials and Making of Buddhist Visual Culture in Asia

June 2, 2026

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Japan Foundation | Workshop “Shabutsu: Tracing Forms of the Buddha” by a Singon Priest | Wed. May 27, 7-8:30PM

May 27, 2026

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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

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Monthly | Japan Foundation Presents In-Person Lecture Series of “Japanese Sculpture” by Michael VanHartingsveldt from November 2025 through April 2026

February 26, 2026

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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

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2026 Jan 17 | Japanese New Year Traditions Celebrated at Japan Foundation with Ema Workshop

January 17, 2026

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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

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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

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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

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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

Japan Foundation Artist Talk Kenta Takaki

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2025 AUG 14 | Japan Foundation LA | Artist Talk: Kenta Takaki – Turning Porcelain into TOFU

August 14, 2025

Japan Foundation Online Lecture Series Japan and Kami Meiji Jingu

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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

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2025/06/11/ Fifth Japanese Architects Talk Series “Suki: Microcosm of Tastes” held at Japan Foundation Los Angeles

June 11, 2025

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2025/06/04/ Japan Foundation Lecture “Through the Fragrant Screen: Genji’s World in Scent and Space”

June 4, 2025

The Wide West

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World premiere of screening “THE WIDE WEST” with sumo champions panel takes place at Japan Foundation Los Angeles | June 02, 2025

June 2, 2025

Japan Foundation Historic Matcha Tasing Game

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2025/05/08/ Japan Foundation Lecture & Workshop / Historic Matcha Tasting Game: Sensory Awakening through Tocha

May 8, 2025

Japan Foundation Lecture Ryukyu History

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2025/04/29/ Japan Foundation Lecture / Renowned History Scholar Timon Screech talks “Early Western Imaginings of 16th Century Ryūkyū”

April 29, 2025

Japan Foundation Los Angeles Lecture Kitamura Tokusai

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2025/04/23/ Japan Foundation Lecture / Kyoto’s Nishijin textile master talks in person

April 23, 2025

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2025 APR 04 | An intimate evening of four Japanese spoken theater performances presented by UCLA Yanai Initiative and Japan Foundation at Japan House

April 4, 2025

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2024 DEC 04 | UCLA Yanai Initiative and Japan Foundation Los Angeles Present “An Evening Chat with Author Tomoka Shibasaki” at Japan Foundation

December 4, 2024

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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

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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

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2022 / Japan Foundation presents “TANAGOKORO: Alternative Crafts by 16 Japanese Contemporary Artists” March 12 – May 28

May 28, 2022

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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

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2021 / Japan Foundation Screening / “The Night / Swam” Nov. 20, 3PM & 5PM

December 4, 2021

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