January 2016 – Cultural News

Hirahara Naomi Little Tokyo - Imagine Little Tokyo - Short Story Contest Little Tokyo Community Little Tokyo Historical Society

2016 / Judges announced for Little Tokyo Historical Society Short Story Contest

January 31, 2016

Cal Tech Yamato

5101 Taiko from Japan Cal Tech Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Cal Tech Public Event to feature taiko performer Yamato from Japan, Jan. 30

January 30, 2016

Films from Japan

2016 / Japan Foundation Free Screening: Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats, Jan 27

January 27, 2016

60 Okinawa Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Okinawa Traditions UCLA Tersaki Center for Japanese Studies

2016 / UCLA Lecture: Nationalism and Vitalism on the Okinawa Stage, Jan. 25

January 25, 2016

American Cinematheque / Egyptian Theatre Films from Japan Postwar Japan Theaters in Hollywood

2016 / Akira Kurosawa Retrospective at Egyptian Theatre, Jan. 15 -24

January 24, 2016

Keiro Facilities Sale Issue Keiro Retirement Home / Sale of Facilities Little Tokyo Community

2016 / Norman Mineta Speaks Out to oppose the sale of senior facilities, Jan. 23

January 23, 2016

UCLA Tersaki Center for Japanese Studies Wartime Experience

2016 / UCLA Film Screening / Hidden Legacy: Japanese Traditional Performing Arts in the WWII Internment Camps, Jan 22, 7:00PM

January 22, 2016

Cultural News / Subscription

2016 / January issue of Cultural News just published

January 20, 2016

69 Kabuki Theater Japan Foundation LA Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Japan Foundation Lecture Series: Introducing Kabuki, Jan 19, 7:00PM

January 19, 2016

Little Tokyo Community Okinawa Association of America 2016 Okinawa Traditions

2016 / Okinawa Association’ New Year’s event attracts 600 people, Jan 17

January 17, 2016

Califronia State University Los Angeles Japanese Study Center Wartime Experience

2016 / USC Lecture / Faith, Solidarity and Compromises: Christian Life in the WWII Japanese American Incarceration Camps, Jan 15

January 15, 2016

Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Samurai Films

2016 / Japan Foundation Free Screening “Samurai Cat” Jan. 13, 7:00PM

January 13, 2016

Japan Foundation LA Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Little Tokyo A

2016 / Japanese language classes at Japan Foundation set for Jan. 13 – Mar. 26, 9 weeks

January 13, 2016

99 Classical Music - Western Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Little Tokyo Community

2016 / The 2016 New Year’s Daiku (Beethoven’s 9th Symphony) Concert set for Jan. 10 at Aratani Theatre

January 10, 2016

Bowers Museum Bamboo Art

70 Bamboo Sculpture Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal

2016 / Bowers Museum presenting bamboo sculpture exhibition, Sep 19 – Jan. 3

January 3, 2016

10 California Aiseki Kai 31 Viewing Stone Garden - Huntington Library - Japanese Garden - Shoya House - Teahouse Japanese Garden Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Huntington Library/ Annual Viewing Stone Exhibition by California Aiseki Kai, Dec 26 – Jan. 3

January 3, 2016

20 Esoteric Buddhism Hatsumode Koyasan Buddhist Temple Little Tokyo A Little Tokyo B Little Tokyo Community Nikkei Legacy- LA Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo

2016 / Little Tokyo temple to open to the public to accept “Hatsumode,” the first visit, Jan. 1-3

January 3, 2016

2017 3Mar Design Currents Art - Contemporary 2019

Philadelphia Museum of Art / Design Currents: Oki Sato, Faye Toogood, Zanini de Zanine / Nov. 19, 2016 – March 12, 2017

January 2, 2016

23 Oshogastu New Year's Day Hogaku Little Tokyo A Little Tokyo Community Minyo - Folk Song & Dance Nikkei - Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California Nikkei Legacy- LA Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo

2016 / Oshugatsu (New Year’s Day) in Little Tokyo events, Jan, 1

January 1, 2016

Little Tokyo Community Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo

2016 / Japanese folklore “Namahage” to appear at Little Tokyo, Jan. 1

January 1, 2016