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,…
Date & Time: February 3, 2020 @6pm Via ZOOM Join us for this virtual gathering as Alden M. Hayashi reads from Two Nails, One Love, his debut novel which humanizes the experiences thousands of ethnic Japanese from Hawaii faced during World War II and the way this trauma impacts future generations. Alden will be joined…
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"SANSEI LIFE - The Art of Rich Tokeshi" Through May 7, 2022 Free Gallery hours: Mondays to Fridays from 12 pm – 5 pm (April 2, 9, 10, 16 & 17- During Nor Cal Cherry Blossom Festival) at NJAHS Post Street Gallery 1684 Post Street SF, CA 94115 Click here to watch
Image is "A Glimmer" By Julia LaChica (2020) Julia LaChica is a queer Japanese-Filipino American Visual Artist. Born in San Francisco and raised at North Ping Yuen Public Housing. She attended public school during “Operation Integrate”—-desegregation busing— taking her from Chinatown to Potrero Hill where she would spend time with classmates at the Sunnydale Public…
War Relocation Authority Incarceree Farm Labor Teacher Education Project – Free Online Workshop for 4th Grade to 12th Grade Humanities, History, and Social Studies Teachers – During World War II, the federal government forcibly removed people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast and imprisoned them in American concentration camps. A little-known part of…
Date & Time: Sat, June 25, 2020 from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Pacific time Location: Online through ZOOM 1:00PM Call to Order Approve Annual Members Meeting Minutes of June 26, 2021) III. New/Old Business and Program Updates Elections: Board of Directors 1:30PM Highlights of Enemy Alien Files Exhibition Grace Shimizu -the Japanese Latin American…
