• Printed Legacies: A Community Silkscreening Demonstration with JAM50 Exhibit Artists

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Printed Legacies: A Community Silkscreening Demonstration with JAM50 Exhibit Artists Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12 pm - 4 pm Join JAM50 artist Rich Tokeshi and friends at NJAHS for a silkscreening program centered on passing tradition from one generation to the next. The first half of the event will feature a live silkscreening demonstration,…

  • Book Talk at NJAHS: “Rockin the Boat: Flashbacks of the 1970s Asian Movement” by Mary Uyematsu Kao

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Rockin the Boat: Flashbacks of the 1970s Asian Movement Featuring over 350 black and white photos chronicling the beginning of the youth-inspired, multi-generational Japanese-American community activism in Los Angeles. Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 1pm Dive into the photojournalism of Mary Uyematsu Kao as she discusses her second-book edition, Rockin the Boat: Flashbacks of the…

  • Hybrid Presentation: Community-Accountable Archaeology Partnership Project at Leupp Isolation Center

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Community-Accountable Archaeology Partnership Project at Leupp Isolation Center Tuesday, September 24, 2024 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm NJAHS Japantown Peace Gallery, 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77563159225?pwd=gYFQRbTRh4x2V1hdGk5wnwCDY7ZGLa.1 Meeting ID: 775 6315 9225 Passcode: 5zV7LZ   Co-presented by Koji Lau-Ozawa, Jun Sunseri, and Davina Two Bears. Join us in the afternoon…

  • San Francisco Nisei Fishing Club

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
  • THE SUITCASE PROJECT at the NJAHS Peace Gallery- Due to Covid-19 our office is closed

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    THE SUITCASE PROJECT By Kayla Isomura What would you pack if forcibly removed from your home today? The Suitcase Project is a multimedia exhibition asking yonsei and gosei (fourth and fifth generation) Japanese Canadians and Americans what they would pack if uprooted from their homes in a moment’s notice. While these descendants of the internment…

  • CAMP 101: A Teach-In

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Camp 101: A Teach-In February 18, 2017, 9:30AM - 12:30PM On the 75th anniversary of the Executive Order 9066 which led to the mass incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast, we'll explore the meaning behind this executive order and its implications today. Grace Morizawa, Ed.D. Rosalyn Tonai, Melissa Ayumi Bailey FREE, RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/camp-101-everything-you-want-to-know-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask-tickets-32139670620

  • FINDING YOUR ROOTS: PART TWO Sun. Feb. 5

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL. Email njahs@njahs.org to sign up for waitlist. If you haven't already, please fill out the Pre-registration Assessment FORM BELOW. IN SEARCH OF YOUR KOSEKI (Japanese registry) SUNDAY, FEB 5, 2017, 1 - 3PM NJAHS Peace Gallery 1684 Post Street, SF JAPANTOWN Continuing NJAHS' Workshop Series on JA Genealogy, Part Two Series, we've invited…

  • Lorraine K. Bannai Book Signing

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    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…

  • SF Japantown Press Conference Against Anti-Muslim Hate

    National Japanese Historical Society 1684 Post Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Japanese Americans from the Bay Area Day of Remembrance Consortium expressed support and solidarity for the Muslim, Sikh, Arab, and South Asian American communities on December 22, 2015. Links to news video segments / articles below: NBC KTVU SFGate ABC 7 News Foundasian.org