Featured at History Days at the Old US Mint will be invited special guest speakers Steve Okamoto, former Foster City councilman, and Tanforan Memorial Plaza Project and Hiroshi Kashiwagi, author, poet & actor will share their personal stories of incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. Mr. Kashiwagi will read selections from his published works Swimming…

Carrying ON: 2016 -110th Anniversary of San Francisco's Japantown in the Presidio! Sunday, May 1, 2016, 5 - 7:30PM. Free Shuttle ON- an obligation, a profound responsibility that transcends generations, to honor those who left a heritage of hard work, determination, and big dreams. In tribute to the Japanese American family-owned businesses Okamura's Benkyo-do, Mihara's Paper…

On April 21, 4-6PM. USF will honor NJAHS and the National Park Service for their  university-museum collaboration-- a public access digitization project. Camp Collections: A Digital Library was funded in part by the Japanese American Confinement Sites grant and administered by the National Park Service in September 2013. Since 2011, NJAHS has been working with the University’s Gleeson…

History and Memory: Open House and 2016 Annual Members Meeting @ MIS Historic Learning Center, Presidio of San Francisco Click HERE for RSVP, Proxy, and Open House Program Flyer! For Members: Please fill out the Reservation Form and PROXY & RSVP by Thursday June 23, 2016: Return form to: National Japanese American Historical Society 1684…

Members Meeting REGISTRATION: Registration Form ORDER BENTO/SHUTTLE CLICK HERE The SF Pride Celebration will take place from 12-6pm on Saturday, June 25, 2016 and 11-6pm on Sunday June 26, 2016 in the SF Civic Center area. More info and Google Maps event maps here. The Parade will begin at 10:30am on Sunday, June 26, 2016…

Founded in 1973, the Nihonmachi Street Fair was hatched as an idea to provide leadership and mentorship opportunities for the youth of J-Town and to honor the cultural heritage that was, at the time, at risk of being displaced. Since then the annual event has grown from a four-booth affair to a two-day event. The Nihonmachi…

Join us during Nihonmachi Street Fair weekend for a book signing and talk with author Lorraine K. Bannai, who will be sharing Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice! Professor Bannai served with the remarkable legal team that successfully challenged Fred Korematsu's conviction for defying the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans…