The final week of Japantown’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival ’24 brings a riveting lecture about the legendary Black Samurai by Harunaka Hoshino-sensei on Saturday 4/20 from 3-4 PM. Simultaneously, NJAHS will be hosting a sword display during opening hours, 11 AM – 6 PM. Stop by our office to view the lecture, the sword display, our gallery, or to simply take a break from all the walking. We hope to see you there! The post Week 2: Cherry Blossom Festival ’24 with NJAHS appeared first on NJAHS ..read more

    NJAHS would love to thank the students at Bridges Academy at Melrose for visiting the MIS Historic Learning Center! Every student was well behaved, attentive, appreciative, and willing to learn! Not only did they understand the historical significance of the Japanese American Concentration Camps, they were able to relate it to current day events. This inspired all of us at NJAHS, we are so happy to see young minds aware of what is happening in the world around them.   One student commented “Dear President Biden, I want the war to stop in Palestine. I don’t like when I see t ..read more

Here are our lucky 2024 Winter Raffle Winners! GRAND PRIZE: Airfare to Japan for 2 – Dr. T.S. Neuwalder 2ND PRIZE: Transcontinental Airfare for 2 – Lisa Marie Proctor 3RD PRIZE: 2 Night Hotel Stay – Dr. Carol Ozawa 4TH PRIZE: $1,000 Cash – John D. and Therese Hokayama The post 2024 Winter Raffle Winners Announced appeared first on NJAHS ..read more

The 2024 Bay Area Day of Remembrance is quickly approaching. On Saturday February 17th, join us from 2 to 4 PM commemorating the Executive Order 9066, followed by a candle lighting procession through the streets of Japantown. Featuring Keynote Speaker Rev. Michael Yoshii. Secure your tickets here. All are welcome! $10 suggested donation.   The post Bay Area Day of Remembrance 2024: Carrying the Light for Justice | Finding our Way Home appeared first on NJAHS ..read more

Thanks to our wonderful guest lecturers, board members, staff, volunteers, and esteemed attendees, the 10th anniversary of the Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center was a celebration to remember. View more photos here: https://www.njahs.org/events/mishlc-10th-anniversary-a-visual-review/ The post MISHLC 10th Anniversary: A Visual Review appeared first on NJAHS ..read more

Benign Neglect: Historic Japanese American Bonsai 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 Conversation and Book Signing with Dennis Makishima and Kenny Murakami September 24 at 1:30PM   Open on weekends from 12PM to 5PM General Admission is $10, Veterans and children under 12 are free Very limited parking; consider arriving via Muni 30   About the Exhibit We are very excited to announce the opening of a special photo exhibit by artist and photog ..read more

Our Enemy Alien Files exhibit has just touched down in Boise, ID! This special exhibit will be on display at TWO locations in Boise from now through the beginning of October:   Boise State University at the Albertson Library in Room 105 September 1 – September 30 Monday – Thursday: 7 AM – 10 PM Friday: 7 AM – 7 PM Saturday: 10 AM – 7 PM Sunday: 10 AM – 10 PM 1865 W Cesar Chavez Ln Boise, ID 83705 Click here for more information on the Albertson Library   Library! at Hillcrest (Boise Public Library) October 1 – October 6 Monday: 10 AM – 6 PM Tuesday – Thursday: 10 AM – 8 PM Friday: 10 ..read more

We’ve had a summer jam-packed with enriching teacher development programming. In June, we wrapped up a special workshop series called Life’s Angles: Camp Art Boxes, sponsored by the California Civic Liberties Public Education Program and the California State Library. We completed our goal of reaching 80 classroom and community educators through workshops offered in San Francisco, Fresno, Watsonville, and virtually. These teachers each received an art box with incarceration camp related art and crafts lessons and materials for 30 students. Our in-depth workshop explored the significance of art ..read more

OPEN CALL/INVITATION The National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) Launches National Photo Campaign to Honor Nisei Veterans of the Military Intelligence Service MIS Families are urged to submit photos of their veterans to help fill a missing chapter in WWII history NJAHS seeks your help in honoring the 13,000 MIS service members and their affiliates whose covert intelligence work and operations helped speed the end of World War II and the advancement of a democratic government in post-war Japan. Beginning in June 1941, the U.S. Army recruited Americans of Japanese descent to form ..read more

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