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  • Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of WWII at Angel Island State Park

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    LAST DAY At ANGEL ISLAND SUNDAY January 29 The National Japanese American Historical Society is happy to say that Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World War II has been extended at Angel Island State Park at the Angel Island Immigration Station until the end of January. The Enemy Alien Files: Hidden Stories of World…

  • We want your input on the San Francisco Japantown History Mural Project!

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    Due to rising health concerns, JACL Mural Project Public meeting -NOW ON-LINE, NOT IN PERSON @ NJAHS DEC 15 notable portraits @ Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, 1840 Sutter Street Mural Objective: The Mural will enhance the Peace Plaza’s attractiveness, educate the public via interactive technology, and increase interest in visiting Japantown.…

  • 2023 Winter Raffle Winners

    Here are the winners! Airfare to Japan for 2 - Kerri Young Transcontinental Airfare for 2 - B. Marumoto 2 Night Hotel Stay - Susan Tamura $1000 - Doug Ota

  • Enemy Alien Files Learning Session

    For those in the DC Area the University of Maryland is hosting our Enemy Alien Files exhibit at the Hornbake Library.   You can find out more about the UMD exhibit at the DC Japanese American Citizen's League website here: https://jacl-dc.org/2023/02/12/the-enemy-alien-files-hidden-files-of-wwii-university-of-maryland-college-park/  

  • LIFE’S ANGLES: CAMP ART BOXES – Lessons on the Japanese American Camp Art and Crafts of WWII

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      SIGN UP TODAY LIFE’S ANGLES: CAMP ART BOXES - Lessons on the Japanese American Camp Art and Crafts of WWII. Using award-winning place-based pedagogy and specially crafted art box kits, school classroom teachers in grade levels  3- 6 will explore themes of civil liberties and social justice through the arts and language arts. Classroom hands-on applications address intergenerational trauma and healing today.…

  • Book Signing: Arigato (Thank you) One Hundred Times A Day

    NJAHS is pleased to welcome Rev. Sensei Masato Kawahatsu for a book signing and calligraphy demonstration.  Sensei Kawahatsu is a spiritual teacher, instructor in calligraphy and mixed martial arts.  He strives to teach happiness and gratitude through all his work and he believes that the secret to a happy life is to say thank you…

  • Threads of Remembrance: Asian American Quilts of Memory at Peace Gallery

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    NJAHS is pleased to host Threads of Remembrance; Asian American Quilts of Memory at the NJAHS Peace Gallery from Saturday, April 8 to Friday, May 19, 2023. Monday to Friday, 12pm to 5pm, the first Saturday of May and both weekends of Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival (Apr. 8 & 9 and 15 & 16,…

  • Music Makers: Bands Behind Barbed Wire – Memorial Day Weekend Concert -FREE

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    Presidio Tunnel Tops - 210 Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join us Saturday May 27, 1- 3PM for MUSIC MAKERS: Bands Behind Barbed Wire, a FREE Jazz Concert featuring AKIRA TANA Ensemble with Kim Nalley and Taiko master Jimi Nakagawa. Presented by NJAHS, this Memorial Day Weekend event is in conjunction with Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Bring friends and family, your picnic gear,…

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  • Amache National Historic Site Foundation Document

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    Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California 1840 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    The National Park Service is preparing a foundation document to guide future planning and management of Amache National Historic Site. We invite you to participate in this effort.  On March 18, 2022, President Biden signed the Amache National Historic Site Act into law, starting the process to establish Amache as a new unit of the…

  • Redress Reckoning and Recover Exhibit at B640

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The National Japanese American Historical Society is happy to announce the opening of our oral history booth at Building 640, along with excerpts from our Redress, Reckoning, and Recovery project. Made possible by funding from the National Writing Project's "Building A More Perfect Union" recovery grant, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National…

  • Tunnel Tops Concert 5/27/2023

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    AKIRA TANA, & FRIENDS PERFORM AT NEW PRESIDIO TUNNEL TOPS with Kim Nalley & Jimi Nakagawa Duo Music Makers; Bands Behind Barbed Wire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62A_np7XJ1s (Video Credit: NJAHS/Biosphere Productions. Claudia Katayanagi)   (Mark Shigenaga, Photographer) Photographic Usage Terms: Images are provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This means that you can share — copy and…

  • Queer Reflections

    Queer Reflections at Peace Gallery   NJAHS invites visitors to examine how we see and remember this Summer in the Peace Gallery, on Now until August 5, Queer Reflections asks about or memories, perceptions and what we see in ourselves an others. Featuring Midori (美登里) and Tina Kashiwagi the exhibit examines perception and memory.  …

  • Annual Members Meeting & Program -Sat. Jul 15 @11AM

    Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center, Building 640 640 Old Mason St, San Francisco, CA, United States

    JOIN US THIS SATURDAY OR FILL OUT AND SEND IN YOUR PROXY TODAY! NJAHS 2023 ANN MBRS PDF fillable Guest Speakers: Prof. Dana Nakano, Japanese Americans Millennials: Rethinking, Generation, Community, and Diversity Iszac Gaton, producer, co-director J-town, A Visual Novel, A Game Demonstration JOIN US FOR BENTO LUNCH?  Eventbrite Registration  

  • 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, United States

    A new Photo Exhibit by Takeshi Moro September 16th - October 22nd, 2023 On display at the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center 640 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA 94129   With a very special Conversation and Book Signing with Dennis Makishima and Kenny Murakami September 24 at 1:30PM   Open on weekends from 12PM…