August 2013 – Cultural News

20130712 Samurai Sword Smith Lecture and Performance

2013 / Master swordsmith Matsuba to lecture and perform in Torrance, August 31

August 31, 2013

4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts 51 Mingei Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA

2013 / Japanese kite collector to talk at LACMA, August 28

August 28, 2013

20130326 Getty Modern Divide New Year Ritual

80 Photography 9900 Japan

2013 / Thru August 25 / Getty exhibits Japan’s photo of “Modern Divide”

August 25, 2013

20130424 JANM-VisibleInvisible-JeroFamily

2980 Japan Cultural Community 91 Japan - US Relations 9200 Japanese Community Centers 9900 Japan Japanese American National Museum - JANM

2013 / Thru August 25 / Japanese American National Museum exhibits “Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History”

August 25, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 3500 Language - Cultural Programs 3710 Los Angeles - Buddhism 9200 Japanese Community Centers

2013 / Nishi Betsuin Temple’s head minister to retire

August 25, 2013

11 Japanese Language 2980 Japan Cultural Community 3500 Language - Cultural Programs 9200 Japanese Community Centers Community Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI

2013 / Japanese language school in Gardena to hold orientation day, Aug 24

August 24, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 9200 Japanese Community Centers

2013 / Little Tokyo Neighbor / Jazz Night by Japanese Americans, Aug 23

August 23, 2013

5500 Performing Arts and Music Bon Odori 2013

2013 / Music Center to host Japanese festival dance night, Aug 23

August 23, 2013

20130604 Handcraft Edo decorated hand-made papers(Edo karakami) Lamp

4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts 51 Mingei 52 Washi - Paper Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal

2013 / Los Angeles / Japan Foundation / Handcrafted Form, July 11 – Aug. 21

August 21, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 5500 Performing Arts and Music Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Nisei Week 2013 Taiko Community 2010-2017

2013 / Nisei Week Two / Taiko Gathering at Little Tokyo, Aug 18, 11:30 am – 6:30 pm

August 18, 2013

5101 Taiko from Japan 5500 Performing Arts and Music Hogaku Minyo - Folk Song & Dance Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week Closing / Taiko group from Japan to perform, Aug 18, 3:45 pm

August 18, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 3000 Garden and Nature 31 Viewing Stone 3200 Bonsai Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week / Elite bonsai to be displayed at Little Tokyo, Aug 17-18

August 18, 2013

4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts Modern Art Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week / Japanese art exhibition by a veteran from Japan thru Aug 18

August 18, 2013

3000 Garden and Nature 3200 Bonsai Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week / Week Two’s cultural exhibitions at Little Tokyo, Aug 17-18

August 18, 2013

11 Koto 2601 Japanese Culture Programs at Universities 5500 Performing Arts and Music 92 Popular Music

2013 / Music Concert / Japanese flavored World pop with Koto artist Yukiko Matsuyama at La Verne, Aug 17

August 17, 2013

30 Tanabata 3500 Language - Cultural Programs Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week / L.A. Tanabata Festival to open August 9 -12 at Little Tokyo

August 12, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week Grand Parade live video on Internet by arrangement of TV company, Aug 11, 4 – 7 pm

August 11, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts Hayashi Setsuko Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week / Dyeing “World” to be displayed by textile artist, Aug 10-11

August 11, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 30 Sword 4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week / Japanese sword specialist to offer free appraisals, August 10-11

August 11, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 3500 Language - Cultural Programs 3800 Tea Culture Nisei Week 2013 Tea - Urasenke Los Angeles

2013/ Chado “The Way of Tea” demonstration to be held at Nisei Week, August 10-11

August 11, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 30 Sword 3200 Ikebana 3500 Language - Cultural Programs 3800 Tea Culture 4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts Ceramic Art Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week / Culture center to host exhibitions of Japanese traditions, Aug 10-11

August 11, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community 5500 Performing Arts and Music Minyo 2010-2016 Nisei Week 2013

2013 / Nisei Week Parade / Those who wish to be “Haneto dancers” must check in by 3pm, Aug 11

August 11, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community Nisei Week 2013 Nisei Week Queen and Court Program

2013 Nisei Week Queen and Court introduced

August 11, 2013

1050 San Diego 2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors 2980 Japan Cultural Community 81 Hiroshima Nagasaki 9200 Japanese Community Centers San Diego WISH (Worldwide Initiative to Safegurd Humanity)

2013 / San Diego citizen group to invite public to Hiroshima Nagasaki Days, Aug 5, 9

August 9, 2013

2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors 9900 Japan Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC

2013 / A photo exhibition of atomic-bombed Jizo statues begins in Little Tokyo, August 2-6

August 6, 2013

Grateful Crane Ensemble Hibakusha in North America Nikkei Legacy- LA Uncategorized

2013 / Arts festival and Jackson Browne concert to honor a Hiroshima girl of “Thousand Paper Cranes” story, August 3 – 6

August 6, 2013

2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors 4000 Visual Arts - Ikebana and Crafts 42 Origami 9900 Japan Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC

2013 / Jackson Browne to perform at Peace Concert in Little Tokyo, August 6

August 6, 2013

2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors 3500 Language - Cultural Programs 81 Hiroshima Nagasaki 9200 Japanese Community Centers 9900 Japan Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC

2013 / Little Tokyo to hold “A Call for Peace” as Hiroshima / Nagasaki memorial, August 5

August 5, 2013

2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors 2980 Japan Cultural Community 9200 Japanese Community Centers Koyasan Buddhist Temple

2013 / Little Tokyo temple to hold Hiroshima/Nagasaki memorial service, August 4

August 4, 2013

2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors 9900 Japan Grateful Crane Ensemble Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Nikkei Legacy- LA

2013 / Four-day remembrance for a Hiroshima girl to be held in Little Tokyo, August 3-6

August 3, 2013

Month: August 2013