The Best Japanese Festivals & Events On the Web

New Years Oshogatsu Festivals in the United States
3
                                
×
2025 'From Hiroshima to Hope' Annual Lantern Floating Ceremony-Honors Victims of Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki & All Victims of War (Video)
80th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki (Remembering Hiroshima: Learn. Reflect. Remember Peace)
2025 Gardena Valley GVJCI Car Show Fundraiser - Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute
2025 All Access: Japanese Baseball Experience (Dodger Gift Bag: Japanese Heritage Jersey, Pregame Catered Reception, Field Level Game & Parking..)
2025: 17th Los Angeles Tanabata Festival, Little Tokyo (Tanabata Kazari will be on Display During Nisei Week)
2025 JANM Annual Natsumatsuri Family Festival Event Summer Celebration (Performers, Hula, Tea Ceremony, Taiko, Crafts, Origami..) Nisei Week Event
2025 Annual Nisei Week Deko-Car Show (Anime Fans & Tuners, Nisei Week DEKOCAR SHOW Shines into Little Tokyo Los Angeles) Saturday
2025 Hello Kitty Day #2 | Sunday, August 3 vs. Cardinals, San Diego - Limited-Edition Hello Kitty 10 (Use Link)
2025: 37th Annual Southern California Japanese Surfing Contest (Surfers From All Over Japan & Southern California for Thrilling Display of Skill..)
2025 Japan Festival Chicago: Celebrate 40 Years of Japanese Cultural Exchange (Japanese Food, Taiko, Koto Music, Kimono Fashion..)
2025 TAIKOPROJECT 25th Anniversary Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall
2025: 9th Japan Week at Bellevue College: Matsuri Festival Day
2025 Toro Nagashi - An Ancient Tradition in Japan, Garden of the Phoenix (Toro Nagashi Refers to the Japanese River Lantern Festival Held in Summer)

2016 Japanese American Studies: New Perspectives on Religion, History, and Society (One-Day Conference)NEW

SELECT DISTINCT e.PkID, e.Title, e.StartDate, e.StartTime, e.EndTime, e.TBD, e.Description, e.LocID, l.Name, l.Lat, l.Lon, e.SeriesID FROM hc_events e LEFT JOIN hc_locations l ON (e.LocID = l.PkID) WHERE (e.SeriesID = '6' OR e.LocID = '6') AND e.IsActive = 1 AND e.IsApproved = 1 AND e.StartDate >= '2025-07-11' ORDER BY e.Title, e.StartDate, e.TBD, e.StartTime
Date: Saturday, 12 March, 2016       Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Map of Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Los Angeles, Japantown Little Tokyo, 100 N. Central Avenue

Leading scholars of Japanese American studies will explore how texts, faith, identities, and communities are transplanted, translated, and transformed in a Japanese America positioned beyond national boundaries. This one-day conference, held at the Japanese American National Museum, highlights the significance of the positionally of both the subject and object of Japanese American studies.

Topics range from mixed-race studies to publication culture to Japanese American Buddhism.

PLEASE RSVP ON OUR WEBSITE AT DORNSIFE.USC.EDU/CJRC

Co-Sponsored by the USC East Asian Studies Center and the Japanese American National
Museum

Schedule
10:00 am INTRODUCTION
Duncan Ry�ken Williams (USC)
Lon Kurashige (USC)

10:30 am SESSION I � TRANSFORMATIONS IN JAPANESE AMERICAN BUDDHISM
"'Buddhism' Translated and Transplanted on U.S. Soil: Some Findings from the Buddhist Journals in Early 20th Century California and Hawai'i" Tomoe Moriya (Hannan University)

"Reconstituting Japanese Buddhism in Cold War America" Michael Masatsugu (Towson University)
"Translating Honen: Transnational Transliteration of Honen's Biography" Michihiro Ama (University of Alaska, Anchorage)

12:45 pm Break

2:00 pm SESSION 2 � POSITIONALITY IN JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDIES
"Hawai'i, the Mainland, and the Japanese American History: Historiography and Regional Positionality" Lon Kurashige (USC)

"Positionalities Matter: US- and Japan-based Scholars' Reflections in Transpacific Japanese American Studies" Yasuko Takezawa (Kyoto University)
3:

Disclaimer: Please double check all information provided on our platform with the official website for complete accuracy and up-to-date details.

   

Saturday, 12 March, 2016



Event Contact


Event Organizer Website


Visit Organizer Website

Get More Details From the Event Organizer

Event Location Website


Visit Location Website

For More Location Details

Add Event To Your Calendar


iCalendar Google Calendar

Windows Live Calendar

Event Information Can Change

Always verify event information for possible changes or mistakes.

Contact Us for Issues

Japanese Event & Festival Categories




Social Media & Email Share