JACCC – Cultural News

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Nikkei Community | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) Announces Closure of Aratani Theatre Due to Structural Improvement

June 12, 2026

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Shodo Yoshida Kuniharu

NOW | JUN 3-23 | KOYOMI Installation invites visitors to experience the intersection of calligraphy, community practice, and neighborhood memory at Doizaki Gallery, JACCC

June 12, 2026

Flower Drum Song Final Performances

Aratani Theatre East West Players Flower Drum Song Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC

2026 APR 18-May 31 | East West Players Presents “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song” at Aratani Theatre

May 31, 2026

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Kibo Nobori Kodono no Hi Little Tokyo Community

Little Tokyo | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) Presents “Kibo Nobori” Flag Installation Inspired by Japanese Tradition of “Koinobori” From May 1-12

May 10, 2026

Book Cover Unbreakable by MIn Tonai

Book Little Tokyo Community Nikkei Legacy- LA Tonai Minoru 1929-2023

UNBREAKABLE: Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp | Book Signing Events at Kodomo no Hi May 3 & Nikkei Children’s Book Festival May 9

May 8, 2026

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Aratani Theatre East West Players Flower Drum Song Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC

East West Players Announces Ensemble & Understudy Cast for “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song” | March 4, 2026

May 7, 2026

JACCC Hanamatsuri Flower Arrangement Exhibition

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Hanamatsuri Flower Arrangement Exhibition at Japanese Cultural & Community Center in Little Tokyo April 4-5

April 5, 2026

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2026 Jan 24 | Closing | Japanese Style Celebration: Shikishi Exhibition for the Year of Horse, Jan. 10-24

January 24, 2026

Japanese Culture - LA Shikishi Exhibition

2025 Nov 06 | Los Angeles | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Accepting Shikishi Board for 2026 New Year Exhibition

January 23, 2026

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Japanese American National Museum - JANM Japanese Culture - LA Little Tokyo Community Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo Taiko - Kodama Taiko

2026 Jan 11 | Little Tokyo | Japanese American National Museum Brings Oshogatsu Family Festival to Japanese American Cultural & Community Center on Jan. 11, 11AM-4:30PM

January 11, 2026

JACCC 2026 Oshogatsu Events

2026 Oshogatsu Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Japanese Culture - LA Little Tokyo Community

2026 Jan 10-11 | Little Tokyo | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center | Ikebana Exhibition Jan. 10-11 | Oshogatsu Family Festival Jan. 11

January 11, 2026

Japanese American Cultural & Community Center - JACCC Little Tokyo Community Little Tokyo Farmers Market Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo

2026 Jan 10 | Little Tokyo Farmers’ Market Celebrates Oshogatsu (New Year) with Kagami Biraki, Mochitsuki by Kodama Taiko, Shodō Calligraphy Booth and more on Saturday, Jan. 10

January 10, 2026

Japanese Topics - World Little Tokyo Community

2025 December | Little Tokyo Farmers’ Market in Partnership with JACCC & Food Access LA every Saturdays

December 27, 2025

JACCC Kenny Endo 50 Years of Taiko Concert

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

Tenugui Textile

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2025/09/20-21/ Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Presents Tenugui Textiles Workshop by Keiko Hayashi & Sachiyo Nakamura from Tokyo

September 21, 2025

JACCC Shodo 60th Anniversary

Japanese Topics - World Little Tokyo Community Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal

2025/09/02-14/ Beikoku Shodo Kenkyukai’s 60th Anniversary Calligraphy Exhibition at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

September 14, 2025

Tofu ni Kasugai, Porcelain, by Kenta Takaki

Amakusa Clay Ceramic Art Nisei Week

2025 AUG 16-17 | Nisei Week | Amakusa White – The Deliciously Elegant Porcelains of Kenta Takaki Exhibit

August 17, 2025

JACCC Kodomo no Hi 2025 Banner

Japanese Culture - LA Japanese Topics - World Kodono no Hi Little Tokyo Community

2025/05/03/ Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day) Celebration invites children to take the lead in exploring Japanese and Japanese American traditions in Little Tokyo

May 3, 2025

Chanoyu - Tea Gathering - LA Japanese Topics - World Tea - Ogaswara Senchado Iemoto Shukyo Yamamoto

2025/04/06/ Ogasawara Style Senchado Hosts “Flower Festival Tea Party” at Pioneer Center in Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

April 6, 2025

Hanamatsuri 2025 Flower JACCC

Hanamatsuri Japanese Topics - World Little Tokyo Community

2025/04/05-06/ Hanamatsuri Blessing Ceremony at Flower Arrangement Exhibition of Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

April 6, 2025

JACCC Night of Laughter with Korokke

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2025/03/08/ Special charity event “A Night of Laughter with Korokke – Comedic Icon of Impersonations from Japan” at Aratani Theatre

March 8, 2025

Aratani Theatre The Camp

Japanese Topics - World Nikkei Legacy- LA

2025/03/01-02/ World Premiere of “The Camp: An Opera in Two Acts” at Aratani Theatre

March 2, 2025

JACCC Aratani Theatre Opera The Camp

Japanese Topics - World Nikkei Legacy- LA

2025/02/22-23/ World Premiere of “The Camp: An Opera in Two Acts” at Aratani Theatre on Feb. 22, 23, March 1, 2

February 23, 2025

JACCC Kokohajime Image Nihonbuyo

Japanese Culture - LA Japanese Topics - World Little Tokyo Community

2025/01/01/ Japanese American Cultural & Community Center’s 42nd Annual Kotohajime free video to premiere at 1PM

January 1, 2025

Godzilla (1954)

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2024/11/02/ Godzilla Invades Little Tokyo: Double Feature Godzilla film screenings at Aratani Theatre Nov. 2 from 12PM to 6PM

November 2, 2024

Japanese Topics - World Nikkei Legacy- LA

2024/10/05/ Japanese Women’s Society of Southern California celebrates its 120th Anniversary on Oct. 5 at the Toshizo Watanabe Culinary Cultural Center located at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (JACCC)

October 5, 2024

Japanese Culture - LA

2024/9/28/ Japan’s puppet theater returns to Los Angeles for first time after 20 years: “National Bunraku Theater” to be performed at Aratani Theatre Sep. 28 at 7:30PM / SOLD OUT

September 28, 2024

Traditional Performing Arts of Japan

2024/9/27/ Japanese American Cultural & Community Center presents “Japanese Puppet Theater 101: A Close Look at Bunraku” Sep. 27 at 7PM / SOLD OUT

September 27, 2024

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2024/7/07: Japanese American Cultural & Community Center to present TANZO: Art & Forge Expo including Samurai Sword

July 7, 2024