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Wa no Kai Celebrates 30th Anniversary Show by Bando Hidesomi with Program Advertising Opportunities
Los Angeles — Wa no Kai, led by Bando Hidesomi, will celebrate its 30th Anniversary Show on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at t…
Cultural News Slideshow | Little Tokyo Development History | Churches and Temples are important to preserve Japanese culture in Little Tokyo, says Yukio Kawaratani, retired urban planner
Cultural News Editor Shige Higashi interviewed Yukio Kawaratani, 94 years old, who involved the development of Littl…
Japan Foundation starts new monthly In-Person Lecture Series of “Japanese Sculpture” by Michael VanHartingsveldt Nov. 12
From the enigmatic dogū to the dynamic haniwa, early Japanese aesthetics quickly developed alongside its civiliz…
Kimiko Koyanagi, 93-Year-Old, Publishes Her Memoir of A Legacy of Doll-Making
Los Angeles, July 2025 – Kimiko Muraoka Koyanagi is a third-generation doll maker originally from Tokyo. Her dolls are…
Godzilla Invades Little Tokyo 2025: Pop-Up Shop set for Nov. 1-23 & GODZILLA screening Nov. 1
Godzilla takes over Little Tokyo on Saturday, November 1, 2025, with a double feature at the Japanese American Cultura…
Now | UCLA Hammer Museum presents “Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts” exhibition Sep. 3 – Nov. 30, 2025
Rising Sun, Falling Rain traces the evolution of ukiyo-e printmaking and the later shin-hanga movement, featuri…
Now | “Shokuhin Sampuru” Japan’s astonishingly realistic food replicas on view at JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles from Sep. 18, 2025 – Jan. 25, 2026
Looks Delicious! | Exploring Japan’s Food Replica Culture
JAPAN HOUSE Gallery, Level 2
Thursday, September 18, 2025 –…
Now | Los Angeles County Museum of Art presenting new exhibition “Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia”
Incorporating 180 masterpieces of pan-Asian Buddhist art, "Realms of the Dharma" begins with the religion’s origins…
Now | Portland Art Museum presents “Yoshida Chizuko” exhibition - The first major retrospective to focus on the groundbreaking 20th-century painter and printmaker
"Yoshida Chizuko" exhibition features over 100 works, many of which have never previously been exhibited, encompass…
Now | UCI Orange County Museum of Art | Yoshitomo Nara: I Don’t Want to Grow Up | May 28-Dec.28
UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
3333 Avenue of the Arts
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Yoshitomo Nara: I Don’t Want to …
Now | San Francisco | Asian Art Museum presents Japanese ceramics: 29 modern and contemporary artists defy gravity, challenge tradition with playful, innovative clay creations from Aug. 15, 2025 – Feb. 02, 2026
Though rooted in mingei (folk art) and building upon Japan’s long history of pottery and ceramic arts, these works ar…
