August 2016 – Cultural News

Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Museum - Japanese Art - LA UCLA Hammer Museum

2016 / UCLA Hammer Museum / Related programs of Getty’s “Cave Temple of Dunhuang” Aug. 7. 16, 23, 31

August 31, 2016

Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Japanese antiques warehouse show in Alhambra, Aug. 27 – 31

August 31, 2016

Films - Japan Theme Japanese American National Museum - JANM Little Tokyo A

2016 / Little Tokyo museum to host pop-up exhibit of newly released anime “Kubo”, Aug. 13 – 30

August 30, 2016

Manzanar Enterance Adams

Little Tokyo Community Manzanar National Historic Site

2016 / Manzanar hosts 100th National Park Service birthday celebration Aug. 25, 27

August 27, 2016

Little Tokyo A Little Tokyo Community Music and Dance - Traditional Nisei Week 2016

2016 / Overview: 76th Nisei Week Festival in Little Tokyo, Aug. 13–21

August 21, 2016

Nisei Week Bonsai

30 Sword 3200 Bonsai Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Japanese Garden Little Tokyo A Little Tokyo Community Music and Dance - Traditional Nisei Week 2016

2016 / Nisei Week, Second Weekend: Bonsai and Sword exhibitions at Little Tokyo, Aug 20-21

August 21, 2016

30 Sword Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Little Tokyo A Museum - Japanese Art - LA Nisei Week 2016

2016 / Japanese sword exhibition to be organized by specialist during Nisei Week Aug. 20-21

August 21, 2016

42 Origami Art - Contemporary 2019 Japanese American National Museum - JANM Little Tokyo A

2016 / Japanese American National Museum “Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami” May 29 – Aug. 21

August 21, 2016

78 Design Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA

2016 / Los Angeles County Museum of Art “Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715 – 2015” Apr. 10 – Aug. 21

August 21, 2016

Hogaku Little Tokyo - Los Angeles Tanabata Festival Little Tokyo A Little Tokyo Community Minyo - Folk Song & Dance

2016 / Little Tokyo to host 8th Annual Los Angeles Tanabata Festival, Aug.12-15

August 15, 2016

3710 Los Angeles - Buddhism Bon Odori 2016

2016 / Bon Odori in Southern California, Jun. 11 – Aug. 14

August 14, 2016

39 Enka Little Tokyo A Little Tokyo Community Music and Dance - Traditional Nisei Week 2016

2016 / Singer of Nisei Week Parade official song to appear at stages and parade from Tokyo, Aug. 13-14

August 14, 2016

Ilebana Teachers Association of Southern California Little Tokyo A Nisei Week 2016

2016 / Nisei Week: Tea Ceremony and Ikebana Exhibition at Little Tokyo, Aug 13-14

August 14, 2016

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Little Tokyo A Little Tokyo Community Nisei Week 2016 Nisei Week Queen and Court Program

2016 / Nisei Week Queen title goes to San Fernando Valley’s 24-year old Jaclyn Hidemi Tomita

August 13, 2016

30 Karate 30 Shotokan Karate of America Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Nisei Week 2016

2016 / Nisei Week / Oldest karate demonstration in U.S. to mark 60th anniversary, Aug. 13

August 13, 2016

1050 San Diego 27 Peace Program Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum of San Diego 3 Kawamura Mike San Diego - Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum San Diego - Japanese Topics San Diego WISH (Worldwide Initiative to Safegurd Humanity)

2016 / San Diego group to prepare 3-day peace program, Aug. 5, 10 & 12

August 12, 2016

Obama's Histric Visit

2016 / Hiroshima memory must never fade, Obama says on historic visit

August 8, 2016

2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors Obama's Histric Visit

2016 / Obama left a peace inscription and paper cranes at a war memorial museum in Hiroshima

August 8, 2016

2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors Koyasan Buddhist Temple Little Tokyo A Little Tokyo Community

2016 / Hiroshima / Nagasaki memorial service at a Little Tokyo temple, Aug. 7

August 7, 2016

30 Kabuki Dance Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Japanese Topics - LA 2028

2016 / Kabuki – Behind the Scene: Dance Wig Lecture / Demo, Aug 6

August 6, 2016

2070 Hibakusha - Atomic Bombing Survivors Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Little Tokyo Community

2016 / Hiroshima Day / Bike Around The Bomb event at Sepulvedasa Basin Aug. 6 at 9AM

August 6, 2016

Little Tokyo A Nisei Week 2016

2016 /Nisei Week free dance classes set for July 19 – Aug. 4

August 4, 2016

39 Chinese Paintings Japanese Topics - LA 2028 Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA Museum - Japanese Art - LA

Data: Stephen Little, Head of Chinese and Korean art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

August 3, 2016