Community Santa Barbara - Toba Sister City Organization 2023: Santa Barbara welcomes Japanese diplomat: Meeting with Mayor, Sister City Association; Visiting to Teahouse & Genealogy Exhibit November 21, 2023
Santa Barbara - Toba Sister City Organization Weekly Cultural News 2020-2024 2021 / Weekly Cultural News / Oct. 25-31 / Sister city organization creates peace crane exchange project with students in Santa Barbara and Toba, Japan October 31, 2021
1060 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara - Toba Sister City Organization 2021 / Sister city organization creates peace crane exchange project with students in Santa Barbara and Toba, Japan October 25, 2021
Santa Barbara - Toba Sister City Organization 2020 / Santa Barbara – Toba Sister City Organization to present “Evolution of Manga and Anime” lecture at its New Year’s Celebration, Jan. 19 January 19, 2020
Art - Traditional Painting Museum - Japanese Art - LA Santa Barbara Museum of Art 2019 / Santa Barbara Museum of Art “On the Road Again: Japan’s Tokaido in Pictures and Paintings, July 7 – Oct. 20 October 20, 2019
Ganna Walska Lotusland - Santa Barbara Japanese Garden 2019 / Santa Barbara’s world-famous Lotusland reopens Japanese Garden August 15, 2019
Museum - Japanese Art - LA Santa Barbara Museum of Art 2019 / Santa Barbara Museum of Art “Paths of Gold: Landscape and Narrative paintings from the Collection” Nov. 10, 2018 – Feb. 10, 2019 February 10, 2019
Nikkei Nikkei Legacies - LA Santa Barbara Historical Museum Tuna Canyon Detention Station Wartime Experience 2018 / Santa Barbara Historical Museum: “Only The Oaks Remain: The Story of Tuna Canyon Detention Station” Feb 01 – May 27 May 27, 2018
1060 Santa Barbara Bon Odori 2017 Buddhist Nikkei Legacies - LA 2017 / Bon Odori at Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara, July 15 July 15, 2017
1060 Santa Barbara Little Tokyo Community Santa Barbara - Toba Sister City Organization 2016 / Santa Barbara – Toba, Japan to mark 50th Anniversary of Sister City Relationship, Oct. 19 October 19, 2016
1060 Santa Barbara Museum - Japanese Art - LA 2015 / Nine full samurai suits exhibition at Santa Ynez Valley Museum, June 6 – Oct. 31 October 31, 2015
1060 Santa Barbara 31 Samurai 2015 / Santa Ynez Historical Museum to present two talk about samurai, Oct. 10 October 10, 2015
1060 Santa Barbara 2015 / Japanese style summer festival: Buddhist Church of Santa Barbara, July 18 July 18, 2015
1060 Santa Barbara 2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors 91 Japan - US Relations Films - Japan Theme 2014 / Santa Barbara / Documentary film about exchange between Americans and atomic-bombed Hiroshima’s children, Jan 26 January 26, 2014
1060 Santa Barbara 2980 Japan Cultural Community 5500 Performing Arts and Music Bon Odori 2013 Fuji Japanese Music 2013 / Buddhist church in Santa Barbara to hold “Obon” festival, July 20 July 20, 2013
8001 A Japan Disaster Relief Santa Barbara - Toba Sister City Organization 2011 / Fundraiser for Tsunami Damage to Toba, Santa Barbara’s Sister City in Japan April 28, 2011
Kosaka Hirokazu 1 Kosaka Kazuhiro 2 Koyasan Buddhist Temple Shin Kan An Teahouse at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 2010 / Lecture series at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden – monk and artist Hirokazu Kosaka to speak about the space between man and nature, May 22 May 19, 2010
1060 Santa Barbara 2010 / Santa Barbara’s Westmont College to host Japanese Family Festival, Mar 6 March 6, 2010
Santa Barbara - Toba Sister City Organization Shin Kan An Teahouse at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Tea - Urasenke Los Angeles 2008 / Teahouse nestled in California’s naturalistic setting: Shin Kan An at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden May 1, 2008
