August 16, 2024 through May 11, 2025. Seattle’s pre-WWII nihonmachi, or Japantown, looked very different than it does today. In the decade before the war, three Issei artists flourished in the thriving Japanese community before the mass incarceration changed the face of the neighborhood forever. Kamekichi Tokita (1897-1948), Kenjiro Nomura (1896-1956), and Takuichi Fujii (1891-1964) […]
The Book of Names National Monument for the WWII Japanese American Incarceration National Tour 2025-2026 On February 18, 2025, we launched an ambitious effort to bring the Ireichō, a book monument containing the names of 125,284 individuals of Japanese ancestry unjustly incarcerated during World War II, to different camps and communities throughout the US. The […]
Through September 14, 2026. This exhibition explores the complex relationship between place and belonging through the lens of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) identity. In this exhibit, artists unpack attempts to reconnect with their cultural homelands, through both physical and emotional journeys, to answer the timeless question: where and what defines “Home”? […]
March 7, 2025 to Spring 2027. Curated by award-winning public radio podcast host and former civic poet Shin Yu Pai, Ten Thousand Things is an exploration of the objects that shape our identities, histories, and cultural narratives. Inspired by her experience cataloging artifacts at the Wing Luke Museum as a Museology graduate student, Pai has […]
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 […]
April 11-13, 2025. The festival is part of the Seattle Center Festál series and takes place at the Armory Food & Event Hall and Fisher Pavilion. It is free and open to the public. Seattle Center Festál presents Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival in partnership with Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival Committee (SCBJCF). […]
Thursday, May 1, 2025. Aloha Mai Kakou! Noah Lum and I am a current student at the University of Washington in Seattle. I work with many Pacific Islander students at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture through a research group we call Research Family. Attached you will find a flyer of our Oceanic […]
Saturday, May 3, 2025. Friends of Little Sài Gòn invites community members, organizations, institutions, and advocacy groups to join us in commemorating the stories of Vietnamese refugees in King County and their journey over the past 50 years. This event series includes the premier screening of the FLS-produced short film Sàigòn to Seattle: 50 Years After the War. […]
Sunday, May 4, 2025. Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 4th and get ready to delve into the mysteries of yokai at Kodomo no Hi (Children’s Day) at the JCCCW! Yokai are supernatural beings from Japanese folklore - some are said to inhabit everyday objects, some are mimics, and some even more closely resemble humans! […]
