50 Objects and NJAHS invite you to “Mihara’s Braille Board” Date & Time: Sat. Jan. 23, 11 a.m. to 12 noon PST Guests: Sam Mihara, Nob Mihara and Linda Mihara with Nancy Ukai, 50 Objects, and Melissa Bailey, NJAHS Join us for slides and a live Q and A about Tokinobu Mihara, who arrived in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1UJw6xV6Cg A Virtual ZOOM Event All are welcome! ON-LINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED PROGRAM : Keynote Speaker: Rev. Arnold Townsend . Associate Minister, Church Without Walls , Vice President, San Francisco NAACP Emcees: Dianne Fukami, Award-winning filmmaker & Hillary Nakano, Attorney and activist Clifford I. Uyeda Peace & Humanitarian Awardee: Campaign for Justice: Redress NOW for Japanese…
Past NJAHS Events 2021 Sat. Apr. 10, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Japanese Voices of Angel Island - A virtual book talk feat. Prof. Charles Egan. Click here to watch Sat. Apr. 17, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Remembering Our Grandfathers' Exile from Hawai'i - A virtual book talk feat. Prof. Emerita Gail Okawa. Click…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIwNQZylviM Japanese Inscriptions and Poetry from Angel Island, a book talk presented by Professor Charles Egan. Sat. April 10, 11 a.m. to 12 noon via Zoom. Co-sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation You’re invited to a book talk and live Q and A by Professor Charles…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVJHEZ8Ye0 Remembering Our Grandfathers’ Exile: The Imprisonment of Hawai`i’s Japanese in World War II, a book talk presented by Gail Okawa. Sat. April 17, 1 to 2 p.m. via Zoom. Co-sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation Join us for an illustrated talk and a live Q and A…
Internment camp survivor wants NPS to preserve his past Rob Hotakainen, E&E News reporter Published: Thursday, April 22, 2021 Bob Fuchigami was only 11 years old in 1942 when the military ordered his family living in California to report to the local train depot. Eventually, he said, they ended up at Camp Amache in Granada,…
Densho is hosting the official book launch for Facing the Mountain, a new book about WWII incarceration and the 442nd RCT by Daniel James Brown, NY Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat. The May 11, 2021 virtual event will feature a conversation between Brown and Densho Executive Director Tom Ikeda, who has…
Click here to watch Natsukashi: Writings on the Nisei Experience with Instructor Naomi Shibata and her Nisei storytellers. Sat. May 15, 11 AM to 12 Noon via Zoom. Co-sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society and the Hayward Area Historical Society Grab your morning buns and tea and join us for some literary delights…
Click here to watch Research At Home with Executive Director Rosalyn Tonai and Collections Manager Max Nihei Sat. May 22, 2021, 11AM to 12 Noon PST/1PM-2PM CT/2PM-3PM ET/12PM-1PM MT via Zoom. Sponsored by the National Japanese American Historical Society This popular series continues with an introduction to conducting Japanese American Genealogical Research from the comforts of your…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTv_MBOOR8 San Francisco Japantown United Against Hate, a project of the San Francisco Nihonmachi Community Coalition, stands united against anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate. Given the rash of anti-AAPI hate incidents plaguing the country, San Francisco Japantown organizations came together to express solidarity with victims of hate, vigilance against such racist attacks, and…
Click here to watch Bay Area Go For Broke Forever Stamp Tribute Friday, June 4, 2021 6PM PST
Past NJAHS Events The Suitcase Project in the Age of COVID-19 Click here to watch NJAHS Annual Members Meeting 2020 Click here to watch NJAHS Annual Awards Tribute 2020 - Reflecting Back, Moving Forward Click here to watch 50 Objects: Ibuki's Doll Click here to watch 50 Objects: The Mihara Braille Board Click here to…
Dear Folks, Three exciting things happening with the Amache incarceration site near Granada, CO. We encourage families to assist their elders in participating in all 3 engagements. Join the Amache 2021 virtual Pilgrimage - all are welcome! (www.jampilgrimages.com/2021-amache-virtual-pilgrimage) Special Topic Discussion Groups (Saturday June 12, 5 PM MDT) and Intergenerational Conversations (Sunday June 13, 3PM MDT). Anyone…
We Are All Americans Select one workshop Wednesday June 23 Saturday June 26 - 09:00 to 12:30 Pacific Time Stipend of $150 Full Resource Packet Space Limited Apply by June 21, 2021 How did the experience of being forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated affect the choices made by people of Japanese ancestry as…
Grand Prize: Airfare for 2 to Hawaii - Sherie Ann Hashimoto Second Prize: Transcontinental Airfare for 2 - Juli Kodani Third Prize: 2-Night Hotel Voucher (U.S.) - Jani Iwamoto Fourth Prize: $1000 Cash - Mary Ishisaki Thank you all for participate in our 2021 spring raffle!
NJAHS Annual Members Program featuring - Search for Koseki- Family Registry in Japan Join us for our Annual Members Meeting & Program featuring Hiroshi Yanagisawa's on-line presentation on Koseki, Japanese Family Registry. Date & Time: June 26, 2021 @ 2PM Click here to watch
GALLERY IS OPEN! Welcome! Join us on a self-guided tour at Building 640. One of the most poignant and iconic home front stories of World War II in the Presidio. Discover the untold story of the Japanese American soldiers who secretly trained for the war against Japan. Only half a mile away, Presidio officers issued…
JOIN US THIS SATURDAY @ 5PM PT, 7PM CT, 8PM, ET for NJAHS' 40th Anniversary Kick-off! Thanks to our sponsors, the event is now FREE w/ REGISTRATION. (Of course, donations are always welcome and appreciated!) Treat yourself and your friends & family to a Sneak Peek BROADCAST of film excerpts from Claudia Katayanagi's latest work. EXILED:…
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San Francisco’s Japantown Art & Media (JAM) Workshop was a community art non-profit organization that operated from 1977 through 1999. Many of JAM’s screen-printed posters were devoted to announcing Japanese community events, which included the annual Oshogatsu Festival, where people gathered – and continue to gather - to participate in traditional Japanese New Year celebrations,…
