Iaido: Art of drawing and cutting with Japanese sword – Two days seminar to be held at Pasadena, Feb 19-20
Katsuo Oda sensei of Shizuoka prefecture will come to the Iaido seminar in Pasadena in February 2011 (Photo courtesy of…
2011 / Manzanar National Historic Site: Two authors of “Wherever There’s Fight” to speak at Day of Remembrance event, Feb 19-20
Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi’s book, Wherever There’s a Fight; How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Striker…
2011/ Correction: Kimono show not open to the public at LACMA
The kimono show and geisha demonstration to be presented by Yamanoryu Kisou / Suehiro Agency, Inc. at the Los Angeles Co…
2011: Okinawa: On the Frontlines of a New Defense Buildup
Cultural News, 2011 February Issue / Japan Behind News
By Motoaki Kamiura in Tokyo
Translated by Alan Gleason
In Decemb…
Basic skills and knowledge are seeds of success
Cultural News, 2011 February Issue
Andy Matsuda's Sushi School /Cutting board talk
By Andy Matsuda
Sushi was consider…
Internment camp-born poet Lawrence Matsuda to be invited at a Los Angeles private school, Feb 9, 1:25 PM
Pilgrim School, a preschool-through-grade-12 private school in Downtown Los Angeles welcomes wartime internment c…
Yamada Yoji’s samurai film “Love and Honor” screening and discussion at UCLA, Feb 4, 7:00PM
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies present a screening of Love and Honor…
Taiko ensemble KODO of Japan to return to Disney Hall, Feb. 10, 8:00 PM
KODO Performers
Kazuki Imagai
Masaru Tsuji
Masami Miyazaki
Mitsuru Ishizuka
Kenzo Abe
Shogo Yoshii
Kenta Nakagome
To…
Screening "The Harimaya Bridge" with director Aaron Woolfolk in person, Feb 12, 2:00PM
The San Fernando Valley Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen's League is hosting a special screening of the acclai…
Lecture “My Mingei Legacy” by Founder of Mingei Int’l Museum, Feb 13
The Shumei Arts Council in Pasadena will present lecture “My Mingei Legacy” by Dr. Martha Longenecker, Founder and Dir…
2011 / 27th Annual Arizona Matsuri Festival in downtown Phoenix, Feb 26-27
The 27th Annual Matsuri Festival takes over Heritage & Science Park in downtown Phoenix on Saturday and Sunday, Fe…
National medal ceremony takes place at Japanese American National Museum
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard of the 34th District, presents the National Medal for Library and Museum Servic…