Events
NJAHS holds one-day special events throughout the year. These include ceremonies, film screenings, author book signings, panel discussion, Day of Remembrance, Pilgrimages, Veterans, and Peace commemorations.
Upcoming Events
Recent Events
HOLIDAY ARTISTS’ SALE
NJAHS Peace Gallery
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
FALL ARTISTS’ SALE
NJAHS Peace Gallery
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
OPENING RECEPTION: NOW & THEN: Life In Community Art – Rich Tokeshi, Leon Sun, Leland Wong
Hybrid Presentation: Community-Accountable Archaeology Partnership Project at Leupp Isolation Center
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
A Love Letter to J-Town: Stories of Resilience
KOHO Co-Creative Hub
1675 Post St
San Francisco, 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, 94115 United States + Google Map
American Bon Odori: Dancing in Joy & Remembrance
July 1 at 12:00 pm - September 30 at 5:00 pmNJAHS Peace Gallery
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
Bay Area Day of Remembrance 2024 | Carrying the Light for Justice: Finding Our Way Home
Private: AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres
1881 Post Street
San Francisco, 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, 94115 United States + Google Map
MIS Historic Learning Center – 10th Year Anniversary – Nov. 12, 2023
Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
MIS Historic Learning Center – 10th Year Anniversary – Nov. 12, 2023
Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
NJAHS Debuts New Exhibit “The Go For Broke Spirit” by Shane Sato, at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center
2024 Winter Raffle
November 3, 2023 at 8:00 am - January 31, 2024 at 5:00 pmBenign Neglect: Conversation and Book Signing w/ Takeshi Moro, Dennis Makishima, and Kenny Murakami
Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai Photo Exhibit at the MISHLC
Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
Annual Members Meeting & Program -Sat. Jul 15 @11AM
Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
Queer Reflections
July 11, 2023 - August 5, 2023Tunnel Tops Concert 5/27/2023
May 27, 2023 at 1:00 am - 10:00 amAmache National Historic Site Foundation Document
Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
1840 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
Music Makers: Bands Behind Barbed Wire – Memorial Day Weekend Concert -FREE
April 14, 2023 at 5:00 pm - May 27, 2023 at 10:00 amPresidio Tunnel Tops –
210 Lincoln Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
Threads of Remembrance: Asian American Quilts of Memory at Peace Gallery
April 7, 2023 - May 19, 2023Welcome to the Bay Area Day of Remembrance 2023
March 2, 2023 at 12:00 am - 9:00 am2023 Winter Raffle Winners
February 2, 2023 at 12:00 am - 9:00 am2023 Winter Raffle – Raffle Pull Tonight – Jan. 30, 5PM
MIS Historic Learning Center is closed on New Year Eve and New Year
We want your input on the San Francisco Japantown History Mural Project!
Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of WWII at Angel Island State Park
Dec. 1- Community Meeting-SFJACL’s History Mural
December 1, 2022 at 9:00 am - 11:00 amCome Together for a Holiday Art & Craft sale and gathering
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
The Quenching Poetry Book Launch + Q&A with Bonnie Wai-Lee Kwong
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
Back to the Culture: A Silkscreen Print Exhibit by Artist Leon Sun
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
Manzanar Fishing Club Screening & GYOTAKU FISH PRINT DEMONSTRATION
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
A Multicultural/Multimedia Book Presentation Featuring Asian American Women’s Voices
Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco Nisei Fishing Club
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
We Are All Americans: Teachers coming together to make hidden histories visible in classrooms
We are LGBT Nikkei Extended to July 15th
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
“SANSEI LIFE – The Art of Rich Tokeshi” Extended to May 7, 2022
NJAHS Peace Gallery
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
War Relocation Authority Incarceree Farm Labor
Search For Koseki : Family Registry in Japan (Annual Members Mtg Program)
Past NJAHS Events on YouTube
June 10, 2021 at 1:00 am - June 1, 2022 at 10:00 am
SF Japantown United Against Hate PSA (Public Service Announcement)
Finding Your Roots: An Introduction to JA Genealogy & NJAHS’ Digital Archives
Past NJAHS Events 2021 on YouTube
April 8, 2021 at 4:00 am - June 4, 2021 at 10:00 am
Virtual Broadcast: Mihara’s Braille Board program
January 23, 2021 at 3:00 am - 4:00 amJohn Tateishi, Author of REDRESS, A Behind-the Scenes Perspective
Race & Resilence: the Story of Buffalo Soldiers and Nisei Solders in Beyond Pearl Harbor, a virtual Event
December 6, 2020 at 4:00 am - 6:00 amVirtual Broadcast: Ibuki’s Doll Program
December 5, 2020 at 3:00 am - 4:00 amTokyo Rose Program- Nov 18
November 18, 2020 at 9:00 am - 10:00 amVirtual Broadcast: VETERANS DAY 2020
November 14, 2020 at 3:00 am - 4:00 amVirtual Broadcast’s: Toy Tank at Tule Lake
November 7, 2020 at 3:00 am - 4:00 amVirtual Broadcasts: Takato Hamai’s handmade crutches
October 17, 2020 at 4:00 am - 5:00 amVirtual Broadcasts: ANNUAL AWARDS TRIBUTE 2020 LIVESTREAM SEPT. 5
September 5, 2020 at 10:00 am - 11:00 amFutures Without Violence
100 Montgomery St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States
Virtual Broadcasts: NJAHS Annual Members Meeting
June 27, 2020 at 8:30 am - 10:00 amVirtual Broadcasts: Kayla Isomura of The Suitcase Project – In the Era of Covid-19
May 22, 2020 at 11:00 am - 12:00 pmCensus Day
March 31, 2020 - April 1, 2020Genealogy Series 2
December 15, 2019 at 6:00 am - 8:00 amTRIBUTE TO ASIAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN VETERANS 2019
November 9, 2019 at 2:00 am - 4:00 amNational Japanese American Historical Society & Nihonmachi Street Fair Presents
August 3, 2019 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pmNJAHS Annual Members Meeting
June 22, 2019 at 4:00 am - 8:00 amSF Premiere Film Screening: Our Lost Years by Lane Nishikawa- May 4
The Open Square, Futures Without Violence Building, 100 Montgomery, Main Post, Presidio of San Francisco
100 Montgomery, in the Presidio of San Francisco
San Francisco, 94129 + Google Map
San Francisco, 94129 + Google Map
May 4, 2019 Annual Awards Tribute Pictures
The Open Square, Futures Without Violence Building, 100 Montgomery, Main Post, Presidio of San Francisco
100 Montgomery, in the Presidio of San Francisco
San Francisco, 94129 + Google Map
San Francisco, 94129 + Google Map
API Veterans Ceremony 2018
November 10, 2018 at 2:00 am - 8:00 am
Annual Members Meeting & LUNCH PROGRAM
June 30, 2018 at 4:00 am - 8:00 amAcknowledging A Fundamental Injustice: 30th Anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 – Annual Awards Tribute 2018
May 5, 2018 at 10:00 am - 12:00 pmPresidio Officers’ Club
50 Moraga Ave
San Francisco, CA United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA United States + Google Map
Artists’ Eyes Film Series
March 10, 2018 at 6:00 am - 8:00 amBay Area Day of Remembrance: No Barbed Wire! No Walls!
February 18, 2018 at 6:00 am - 8:00 amOhlone Native American Tasting & Artists Talk:Post-War Reckoning
February 3, 2018 at 4:00 am - 8:00 amIn Conjunction with ARTISTS’ EYES EXHIBIT: Film Presentation and Panel: A Bitter Legacy: Secret Citizen Isolation Prisons
January 13, 2018 at 6:00 am - 8:00 amWe Are All Americans! Tribute to Nikkei Veterans
November 11, 2017 at 2:00 am - 9:00 amMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
Film Screening of For the Sake of the Children & Panel Discussion
October 22, 2017 at 7:00 am - 10:00 amNever Forgotten- A Nisei Writing Workshop
October 7, 2017 at 3:00 am - December 2, 2017 at 4:00 amBob Hamaguchi – Celebration of Life
September 13, 2017 at 1:00 am - November 6, 2017 at 4:00 amSomething From Nothing: Exhibition and Events
August 21, 2017 at 9:30 am - November 15, 2017 at 10:00 amPreserve & Protect Our Freedoms- NJAHS Annual Awards Event
May 6, 2017 at 9:00 am - 12:30 pmAuthors Panel & Booksigning + Bento Lunch
April 1, 2017 at 4:00 am - 5:00 amMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE Feb 19 2017
February 19, 2017 at 6:00 am - 8:00 amCAMP 101: A Teach-In
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
FINDING YOUR ROOTS: PART TWO Sun. Feb. 5
National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
Peter Yamamoto’s Book Preview: JOURNEYS II
February 4, 2017 at 6:00 am - 8:00 amNJAHS Peace Gallery
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
NJAHS HOLIDAY Party
December 3, 2016 at 4:00 am - 8:30 amMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
Presidio of SF – 75th Anniversary of the Military Intelligence Service
November 12, 2016 at 2:00 am - 9:00 amMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
Lorraine K. Bannai Book Signing
August 6, 2016 at 4:00 am - 6:00 amNational Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
43rd Annual Nihonmachi Street Fair
August 5, 2016 - August 7, 2016
Post Street between Laguna and Fillmore Streets
San Francisco, CA United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA United States + Google Map
Travel Information for June 25-26, 2016 – SF Pride Weekend
June 25, 2016 at 5:30 am - 6:00 amMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
RSVP NOW to 2016 OPEN HOUSE & Annual Members Meeting
June 25, 2016 at 5:00 am - 9:00 amMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
USF Honors NJAHS & National Park Service
April 20, 2016 at 9:00 pm - April 21, 2016 at 11:00 amUSF Gleeson Library
Tickets Available Now for NJAHS Annual Awards Dinner Event
April 11, 2016 at 8:00 am - May 1, 2016 at 12:30 pmMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
Speakers Steve Okamoto and Hiroshi Kashiwagi @ Old US Mint
March 5, 2016 at 7:00 am - 8:00 amOld US Mint- San Francisco
88 -5th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94103 United States + Google Map
History Days @ the Old US Mint
March 3, 2016 - March 6, 2016Old US Mint- San Francisco
88 -5th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94103 United States + Google Map
Bay Area Day of Remembrance 2016
February 21, 2016 at 6:00 am - 8:00 amSundance Kabuki Theatre
1881 Post St
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
NPS Intel On Interment Tour
Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome Book Signing and Storytelling (English and Japanese)
NJAHS Peace Gallery
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
NJAHS PEACE GALLERY AND OFFICE CLOSED
December 31, 2015 - January 1, 2016National Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States + Google Map
SF Japantown Press Conference Against Anti-Muslim Hate
December 22, 2015 at 3:30 am - 5:00 amNational Japanese Historical Society
1684 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States
San Francisco, CA 94115 United States
Building 640 Ceremony and Luncheon
November 15, 2015 at 2:00 am - 9:00 amMilitary Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640
640 Old Mason St
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map
San Francisco, CA 94129 United States + Google Map