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Community Website of Japanese Culture in Southern California & Arizona and Beyond

Month: September 2026

Global Stage Hollywood features Japanese film “AYUMI” at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on Saturday, October 2, 2026.
Anime and character merchandise store TokyoComix is grand-opening on Second Street in Little Tokyo in October 2026.
Little Tokyo Nutrition Service 50th Anniversary
Glendale Cultura; Festival 2026 Poster
Hiroyuki Sanada, Producer of “Shogun” and Star, “Toranaga.” Photo by Ayumi Sakamoto, 2024.
Miyazaki Wagyu Sign
Huntington The Lion Returns Sales Now Flyer
George Takei and Brad Takei. Photo Credit: Christopher Appoldt (Courtesy of JANM)
Ms. Yuki Wakino of Mushanokoji Senke School of Tea
Music & Ma: (L) Piano: Shigeru Kawai (R) Courtesy of zenkyu matcha
Nikkei Wartime Experiences | UCLA’s Aratani CARE Sponsors film event “When You’re Smiling
Reiko Sudo and Her Exhibition “Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudo” at Resnick Pavilion in Los Angeles County Museum of Art on September 16, 2026. (Cultural News/ Shige Higashi)
Works of Yuako Tanaka | Healing with Gold | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (Cultural News/ Shige Higashi)
Artworks of Tokio Ueyama: (left) “Self-Portrait” 1943, (right) “At Santa Anita (The Evacuee)” 1942.
Craft Japan 21 Sep 2026 Presentation Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition
Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum "Katazome" by Student of Otemae University
San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden "Colors of Nature" Fumiyo Imafuku
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition “Japanese War Brides: Across A Wide Divide” (Left) A dance during the Occupation of Japan. Courtesy National Archives. (Right) Kimie Tanaka Smith, 2nd from right, attending a bride school class, Tokyo, 1952. Courtesy Robert Owen Smith family.
Restored barrack from Heart Mountain concentration camp.
LA Kansai Club 2026 Grand Fall Music Festival Flyer Japanese
Tea Ceremony with Pacific Plastics at Japan Foundation Los Angeles, June 18, 2026 (CN Photo/ Shige Higashi)
Now Japan Foundation KINETIC STILLNESS
The 2025 Eaton and Palisades Fires: Fire survivors, case managers, and community leaders gathered on Thursday, September 10, 2026 in Altadena. (Source: Little Tokyo Service Center)
Grateful Crane Ensemble 25th Anniversary
LA's 33 String Workshop at Terasaki Budokan Sept 20, 2026
Ikebana display by Group Yokou
Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 Poster
Japan Film Festival Los Angeles JFFLA 2026 The Nikkei of Norwalk Poster