Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Kochiyama Alison Nikkei Community - LA-OC Retire NIKKEI COMMUNITY 2026 Los Angeles | Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI) Announces Executive Director Alison Kochiyama to Retire at End of 2026 September 15, 2026
Car Show Fundraiser Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI NIKKEI COMMUNITY 2026 LA | Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI) Presents “2nd Annual GVJCI Car Show Fundraiser” | Saturday, August 22, 10AM-3PM August 18, 2026
Fundraiser Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Washoku - Japan Gardena Valley JCI Presents 5th Annual GVJCI Izakaya Culinary Event for Fundraising Friday, July 10, 5-9PM July 8, 2026
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Manzanar Pilgrimage Nikkei Legacy Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Provides Bus Transportation to Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday, April 25 April 25, 2026
Films - Japanese American Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nichi Bei Foundation Nikkei Legacy Wartime Experiences Japanese Americans’ 10 Stories That Refuse Erasure: “Films of Remembrance” Event in Gardena Sunday, March 29, 11:30AM – 7:15PM March 27, 2026
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei Legacy Scholarship Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Opens Applications for High School and College Scholarships; Deadline Is April 6 March 27, 2026
Day of Remembrance Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei Legacy Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute to Hold “Day of Remembrance 2026 –Then and Now – From WWII Incarceration to Today’s ICE Raids” on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 2PM February 27, 2026
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Japanese Culture - LA-OC Language Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI) is hiring for part-time Japanese Language School Teachers. February 26, 2026
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Japanese Culture - LA-OC Kimono Kimono - Nadeshikokai 2026 Jan 11 | Japanese Coming-of-Age Ceremony (Seijinshiki) to be held at Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Jan. 11 at 2PM January 11, 2026
Elemental Funk Fundraiser Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei Legacy 2025/11/08/ Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute hosts fundraising concert with Japanese American band “Elemental Funk” Nov. 8, 4-9PM November 8, 2025
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Language Nikkei Legacy 2025/11/07 | Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Hiring Japanese Language School Principal & Programs Coordinator November 7, 2025
Bon Odori Nikkei Legacy World 2025/06/28/ Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute hosts annual MATSURI Fundraiser : Maga Matsuri Drawing for Dodgers Tickets at 6:30PM June 28, 2025
Japanese TV Nikkei Legacy World 2025/03/08-09/ 14th annual Films of Remembrance moves to Southern California as Films of Remembrance On Demand launches March 9, 2025
Japanese Culture - LA-OC Kimono Kimono - Nadeshikokai World 2025/01/19/ Nadeshikokai to Host 13th Annual Seijinshiki Ceremony in Gardena January 19, 2025
Language World 2024/9/07/ Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Japanese Language School 2024 Fall classes to begin Sep. 7 September 7, 2024
Bon Odori Community LA World 2024/6/29 LOS ANGELES: Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute to hold Matsuri Fundraiser June 29, 2024
Community LA 2024/4/13: Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute and Grateful Crane Ensemble to present “Showa Alley by the Shokudo” on Saturday, April 13 from 4PM-10PM April 12, 2024
Day of Remembrance Nikkei Legacy 2024/2/24 / Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute to present Day of Remembrance under the theme of “Terminal Island: Lost But Not Forgotten” Feb. 24, 2-4PM February 24, 2024
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei Legacy 2023/6/24 : Matsuri Fundraiser for Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute to be held Saturday, June 24, 10AM-7PM June 24, 2023
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei Legacy 2020 / Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute’s Matsuri Fundraiser in June is cancelled April 3, 2020
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Japanese TV Nikkei Legacy Wartime Experiences - Japan 2020 / Communities in Los Angeles: Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute to feature Hawaii’s documentary film at annual Day of Remembrance, Feb. 22 February 22, 2020
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei Legacy 2020 / Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute seeking Bilingual Program Coordinator January 13, 2020
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Little Tokyo Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund Nikkei Legacy 2019/11/16/ Preserving Japanese American legacy in Little Tokyo: Fund Kick Off meeting comes to Gardena, Nov. 16 November 16, 2019
Bannai Paul 1920-2019 Nikkei Legacy Obituary 2019 / California state politician, Japanese American community leader, Mr. Paul Bannai passed at 99 year-old October 25, 2019
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Hibakusha - Japan 2019 / Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute to host speaker forum of Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear survivors, Aug. 24 August 24, 2019
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI 2019 / Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Matsuri Fundraiser, June 29-30 June 30, 2019
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei Legacy 2019 / “Gardena Then & Now” discussion at Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Nisei Veterans Memorial Hall, Jan. 19 January 20, 2019
Nikkei Legacy Protected: 2019 / Wartime Experiences: Manzanar Committee to host book signing featuring new book by Dr. Arthur Hansen about Manzanar “Riot,” Jan. 6 January 6, 2019
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI Nikkei 2018 / November Events at Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute November 18, 2018
Community LA Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute - GVJCI 2018 / Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute Matsuri, June 23, 24 June 24, 2018
