Sunday, January 19, 2025. Experience Japanese culture and celebrate your coming-of-age with your fellow SEIJINs in Bellevue, WA! Eligibility for New SEIJIN 2025 Anyone born between 2003 and 2005 regardless of their nationality, ethnicity or Japanese language proficiency. New SEIJINs Free to attend (pre-registration is required), Space is limited to the first 150 registrants. General […]
Saturday, January 25, 2025. The Omoide team will be holding a public reading at the JCCCW in the Big Dojo. No admission! Anyone is welcome to come early and join for the New Year’s Potluck, which begins at noon, before settling in for stories of the Japanese American experience and the resilience of the community. […]
Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1, 2025. Let your soul dance to the rhythm of life! Celebrating more than 40 years, Kodō returns to North America with One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe, a thrilling performance that revisits the ensemble’s early repertoire — lending simple forms of taiko expression that highlight its unique sound, resonance and physicality. With Warabe, […]
Sunday, February 16, 2025. Seattle University and the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee is pleased to present the 2025 Japanese American Day of Remembrance marking over 80 years since the signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942 that forced all persons of Japanese ancestry off the West Coast of the United States. The 2025 […]
Tuesday, February 18, 2025. The County invites you to join us in honoring and remembering the Japanese American community impacted by the signing of Executive Order 9066, 83 years ago. We will gather to solemnly reflect on this day in history, pay tribute to the resilience of the Japanese America community and the lessons learned […]
Saturday, February 22, 2025. UW Nikkei Student Union Day of Remembrance will be held at Intellectual House on the UW campus which can be accessed via public transit or by car. Free parking is available on Saturday afternoon in the Padelford Garage and N6 lot on campus. Admission to the event itself is free, and […]
Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29, 2025. The JCCCW has partnered with Ikeibi Films to bring the film Kintsukuroi to Seattle! This emotional film shares the injustices and hardships experienced by Japanese American families as their lives were forever changed by the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Join two families from […]
Saturday, March 29, 2025 and Sunday, March 30, 2025. June Kuramoto with Kimo Cornwell of the group Hiroshima will be performing at Terry's Kitchen in Bellevue. There will be two shows for you to relax, order food from Terry's and enjoy the performances.
Sunday, March 30, 2025. Calling All Legacy Families: Bring Your WWII-Era Photos and Heirlooms to the Densho Mobile Collections Event. Densho, in partnership with the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, has arranged to bring its new mobile collections team to Bainbridge Island for an afternoon of scanning and documenting historical photos and heirlooms to […]
Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6, 2025. International Children’s Friendship Festival is an event that is well-established and recognized in the Northwest as a volunteer-run festival with a loyal crowd and an increasing number of new children every year. The festival is annually recognized by proclamations of several elected officials in Washington State. The […]
