Brown Kendall Japanese American National Museum - JANM Japanese Garden Nikkei Genealogical Society GARDEN & JAPANESE AMERICAN | Discussion | Unearthing History: Japanese American Resilience in Southern California Gardens | Sept. 5, 2:00-3:30PM | Japanese American National Museum September 1, 2026
Arizona Asano Sho Koshio Ken Koto Demo Muramoto Shirley Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix Shamisen Demo Taiko Demo ARIZONA 2026 | Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) Presents “Experience Japan” Performances & Workshops During Labor Day Weekend | Phoenix | September 5, 6, 7, 9AM-5PM September 1, 2026
Arizona Asano Sho ASU Kerr Cultural Center Japanese Culture Club Arizona Scottsdale Sone Mao ARIZONA 2026 Music | Scottsdale | Arizona State University (ASU) Kerr Cultural Center Hosts Japanese Musicians MAOSHO (Piano & Shamisen) | Sunday, September 6 at 4PM September 1, 2026
Japan House LA KIMONO CON Music Shamisen MUSIC at JAPAN HOUSE 2026 | By Blending Tsugaru Shamisen, Jazz, Piano, and Global Sounds, MAOSHO Featuring Ryota Kikuchi | Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 7:00PM September 1, 2026
Arizona Japanese Culture Club Arizona Japanese Film Japanese Film Festival Arizona KOKUHO Japanese Film Festival Arizona 2026 | Arizona State University (ASU) Media and Immersive Experience (MIX) Center in downtown Mesa | September 18-19, 2026 September 1, 2026
California Florida Louisoana Michigan Morikami Museum Smithonian Traveling Exhibition Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition | Japanese War Brides: Across A Wide Divide | Rancho Cordova, CA “Mills Station Arts & Culture Center, Dec. 19, 2026 – Feb. 28, 2027 | Japanese American National Museum, Mar. 20, 2027 – Aug. 29, 2027 September 1, 2026
Mushanokoji Senke Pasadena Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden Tea Culture LA TEA CULTURE 2026 Los Angeles | Mushanokoji Senke Tea Ceremony Demonstration | Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden in Pasadena | Sunday, Sept. 27, 11AM & 12:30PM September 1, 2026
Arizona Koshio Ken Prescott AZ Taiko Concert TAIKO 2026 Arizona | Ken Koshio Brings “Taiko Extravaganza 2026 – Prayer for Peace” to Prescott Elks Theare | Friday, October 16 at 7PM September 1, 2026
Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA Sudo Reiko Takeda Sharon Textile ART 2026 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) | Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudō & NUNO | September 20, 2026–March 7, 2027 | Resnick Pavilion September 1, 2026
Art UCI Orange County Museum of Art Ueyama Tokio 1889-1954 Plein Air Painter TOKIO UEYAMA (1889-1954) | UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art Presents “Tokio Ueyama: The Hollows Between Mountains” | Segerstrom Center for the Arts campus | Sept. 26, 2026 – Feb. 28, 2027 September 1, 2026
Art Ceramic Art Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Kintsugi McArthur Meher ART 2026 | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) Los Angeles| Healing with Gold: The Art of Kintsugi on Ceramics & Beyond | September 12 – October 18 September 1, 2026
Art Japanese Friendship Garden Museum SD San Diego Textile ART 2026 San Diego | Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum, Exhibit Hall | Colors of Nature: Message from Antiquity | August 1 – October 25, 2026 September 1, 2026
Art Japanese Friendship Garden Museum SD San Diego Textile ART 2026 San Diego | Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum, Inamori Pavilion | Katazome: Japanese Traditional Stencil Dyeing | August 1 – October 25, 2026 September 1, 2026
Koto Workshop LA's 33 Strings Little Tokyo Los Angeles Shakuhachi Workshop Shamisen Workshop Terasaki Budokan Traditional Japanese Music 2026 | LA’s 33 Strings Presents Koto, Shamisen, Shakuhachi Workshops | Terasaki Budokan, Little Tokyo | Sunday, September 20, 10AM – 12PM September 1, 2026
Japanese American National Museum - JANM Little Tokyo Los Angeles Wartime Experience NIKKEI Wartime | Japanese American National Museum Sets Reopening Date of January 23, 2027 September 1, 2026
