Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal UCLA Hammer Museum 2025 Nov 30 Closing | 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 November 30, 2025
Consulate General of Japan in Chicago Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles Mizobuchi Masashi Nikkei Legacy- LA North Dakota 2025 Nov 26 | Chicago Consul General Mizobuchi Honors His Family Legacy of Japanese American at Snow Country Prison Memorial in North Dakota November 26, 2025
Film TV Godzilla Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Little Tokyo - JUNGLE Little Tokyo Community 2025/11/01-23 | Godzilla Invades Little Tokyo 2025: Pop-Up Shop set for Nov. 1-23 & GODZILLA screening Nov. 1 November 23, 2025
Music Torrance - Salvation Army Tulips in Harmony 2025/11/23 | “Tulips in Harmony” Presents Season Opening Concert: A Celebration of Musical Diversity and Cultural Exchange Nov. 23 at 4PM November 23, 2025
Nikkei Legacy- LA 2025/11/23 | Okinawa Association of America Holds Open House & Info Fair Nov. 23 at 2PM November 23, 2025
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Taiko - Endo Kenny Taiko Community 2025/11/22 | Historic celebration of a taiko pioneer who transformed the art form in the U.S. and beyond | “Kenny Endo: 50 Years of Taiko” Concert at Aratani Theatre Nov. 22 at 7:30 PM November 22, 2025
Japan America Chamber Ensemble Little Tokyo Community 2025/11/22 | “An Afternoon of Japanese and American Music” by Japan America Chamber Orchestra at Little Tokyo Public Library Nov. 22 at 4PM November 22, 2025
Amami Islands Amami Kai Japanese Culture - LA Kimono Kimono - Oshima Tsumugi Minyo - Folk Song & Dance 2025//11/22 | Southern California Amami-kai Presents its 50th Anniversary Charity Concert at Armstrong Theatre in Torrance Nov. 22, Craft Show from 11AM, Stage Show from 1PM November 22, 2025
Matsui Nancy Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary Orange County Buddhist Church 2025/11/22 | Japanese American Community Leader Nancy E. Matsui passed at 73: Funeral at Orange County Buddhist Church held Nov. 22 at 11AM November 22, 2025
Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary 2025 Nov 22 | Beloved Artist, Educator, and WWII Veteran Yoshio “Yosh” Nakamura Remembered by Japanese American National Museum and Whittier Community November 22, 2025
Harazaki Chiho Nikkei Legacy- LA 2025/11/21 | Closing Reception for WWII Art Exhibit Honors Japanese American Incarceration History at Armstrong Theater in Torrance Friday, Nov. 21 from 4PM to 7:30PM November 21, 2025
Film TV Japanese Culture - LA Kabuki KOKUHO 2025/11/14-19 | Film KOKUHO, a story of the greatest living Kabuki master, Screening at AMC Universal Citywalk November 19, 2025
Japan Foundation LA Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal 2025/11/18 | Japan Foundation hosts “An Evening of Woodblock Prints” lecture and demonstration in conjunction with “Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures” exhibition at LACMA November 18, 2025
Film -Yamazaki -Ema Ryan Film TV The Making of a Japanese 2025 Nov 18 | Documentary Film of Elementary School “THE MAKING OF A JAPANESE” Launches on Streaming & DVD Nov. 18 November 18, 2025
Ikebana Ikebana - Sogetsu Los Angeles Branch 2025/11/15-16 | Sogetsu Ikebana Los Angeles Branch presents Annual Exhibition at Los Angeles County Arboretum Nov. 15-16 November 16, 2025
2025 Look Back Chanoyu - Tea Gathering - LA Tea - Urasenke Los Angeles 2025 Nov 16 | Members of Urasenke Los Angeles Association Gather for Honoring Sotan, 17th-Century Grand Tea Master, in November 2025 November 16, 2025
LA Wildfires 2025 Pasadena Buddhist Temple 2025/11/15/ Pasadena Buddhist Temple Hosts Fundraiser Dance After Eaton Fire Devastation Nov. 15, 6PM November 15, 2025
Delicious Japan - LA Japan - Tokushima Las Vegas 2025/11/14 | Las Vegas | A Taste of Tokushima: A One-Night-Only Culinary Showcase Featuring Japan’s Rarest Wagyu, World-Class Sake & Napa’s Finest Wines Nov. 14 November 14, 2025
Hawaii - Japanese Topics Hogaku - Sankyokai NYC - Carnegie Hall 2025/11/14/ New York | Carnegie Hall and D-T Inc. Present “An Evening of Traditional Japanese Arts” with performance by Sankyokai from Japan Nov. 14 at 8PM November 14, 2025
Film TV Japan Hollywood Network Japanese Culture - LA The Way of The Prison Office 2025/11/02 & 09/ Japan Hollywood Network Airs “The Way of The Prison Officer” – A Compelling Prison Mystery Drama Nov. 2 & 9 at 7PM November 9, 2025
Buddhist Community - LA Japanese Culture - LA Koyasan Buddhist Temple Little Tokyo Community Shichi Go San 2025/11/09/ Little Tokyo | Koyasan Buddhist Temple Holds Shichi-Go-San Celebration of Children Nov. 9 at 1:30PM November 9, 2025
Japanese Culture - LA Shichi Go San Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America 2025/11/09/ Shusse Inari Shrine hosts Shichigosan (Children’s Blessing) service in Carson Nov. 9 November 9, 2025
Elemental Funk Fundraiser Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei Legacy- LA 2025/11/08/ Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute hosts fundraising concert with Japanese American band “Elemental Funk” Nov. 8, 4-9PM November 8, 2025
Akita Fukiko Detroit - Consulate General of Japan Detroit Children's Museum Friendship Dolls Michigan - Japan Cultural Development 2025 NOV 8 | Movi, MI | Japan-US Friendship Doll Seminar with Appearance of “Miss Akita Fukiko” Doll November 8, 2025
Folklore Japan Foundation LA Japanese Culture - LA Japanese Topics - World 2025/09/25 – 11/08 | Japan Foundation Traveling Exhibition “YOKAI PARADE: Supernatural Monsters from Japan” comes to Los Angeles from Sep. 25 – Nov. 08, 2025 November 8, 2025
Little Tokyo Community Little Tokyo Community Council Nikkei Legacy- LA 2025/11/08/ Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund Announces First Building Acquisition and Open House Celebration Nov. 08, 1-3PM November 8, 2025
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Language Nikkei Legacy- LA 2025/11/07 | Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Hiring Japanese Language School Principal & Programs Coordinator November 7, 2025
Japan Foundation LA McArthur Meher Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal 2025/11/06/ Japan Foundation Los Angeles hosts official Book Launch party for Japanese art historian and curator Meher McArthur’s “A Japanese Art Journey” published by Tuttle Books Nov. 6 November 6, 2025
Minyo - Folk Song & Dance Minyo - Madoka Anju San Diego - Japanese Topics 2025/11/06/ San Diego | Japanese American Citizens League presents Shamisen and Minyo Concert by Anju Madoka at Mission Valley Public Library Nov. 6, 4-4:50PM November 6, 2025
Beimel Steve Craft Kyoto - Japan Craft 21 Online 2025/11/05/ Online Presentation from Kyoto | Japan Craft 21 Zoom Session by Steve Beimel Nov. 5 at 5PM November 5, 2025
