This Week’s Japan-related Events
Monday, September 16 – Sunday, September 22
MONDAY
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TOKYO GHOUL S [Subtitled]: Feed the need for more Tokyo Ghoul with the next thrilling live-action adaptation that stays true to the original manga. Select Movie Theaters | Around Los Angeles | Varies | Get tickets
TUESDAY
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PROMARE [Dubbed]: The first feature-length film from the acclaimed Studio TRIGGER, creators of the hit series KILL la KILL and Little Witch Academia, and director Hiroyuki Imaishi (GURREN LAGANN, KILL la KILL), Promare uses a bold cel-shaded visual style to tell a blistering action-adventure story. Select Movie Theaters | Around Los Angeles | Varies | Get tickets
WEDNESDAY
TOKYO GHOUL S [Subtitled]: Select Movie Theaters | Around Los Angeles | Varies | Get tickets
THURSDAY
Japanese American National Museum Free Day: The Japanese American National Museum is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry. Free general admission every third Thursday of the month. Japanese American National Museum | Little Tokyo | Free
PROMARE [Subtitled]: Select Movie Theaters | Around Los Angeles | Varies | Get tickets
Reflections/Refractions: 10 Works Inspired by “At First Light”: Ten literary arts practitioners to visit the VC Founders’ photo exhibit At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America, and select one still or moving image sequence on display that resonates with them and compose an original five-minute performance piece based on that image. Japanese American National Museum | Little Tokyo | Free | Get tickets
TOKYO GHOUL S [Subtitled]: Select Movie Theaters | Around Los Angeles | Varies | Get tickets
FRIDAY
Hello Kitty Friends Around The World Tour: Sanrio invites you on a special adventure with Hello Kitty Friends Around The World Tour ✈️: a fully immersive, multi-sensory, walk-through experience that takes you around the globe with Hello Kitty and her friends. L.A. Village Plaza | Downtown | $27 and up | Get tickets
TOKYO GHOUL S [Subtitled]: Select Movie Theaters | Around Los Angeles | Varies | Get tickets
SATURDAY
Japanese Classic Car Show: Featuring up to 500 classic, custom, and modified cars from the 1960s through the 1990s. Check out Datsuns, Skylines, Celicas, and more! Over 50 manufacturer, car part, clothing, and food booths. Marina Green Park | Long Beach | $15 | Get tickets
Tofu Workshop: Learn to make tofu in three steps using non-GMO soybeans. You’ll also make whole grain tofu lees pancakes and miso soup, so no part of the bean will be wasted. Sonoko Sakai | Highland Park | $150 | Get tickets
Hanashi Oral Histories: The Constitution: See a selection of Go For Broke National Education Center’s Hanashi (“to talk”) Oral Histories. GFBNEC has been recording interviews of Nisei veterans of World War II as well as their contemporaries in the armed forces for over twenty years. Japanese American National Museum | Little Tokyo | Free
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POP IN Q [Subtitled]: Young girls stand up to face a global crisis in this fantasy anime commemorating the sixteenth anniversary of Toei Animation. Miyahara Naoki, who has worked on the “Pretty Cure” series among others, directs. The Japan Foundation LA | Miracle Mile | Free
Little Tokyo Manga Society: Little Tokyo Manga Society is a group dedicated to promoting, reading and appreciating the Japanese comic art form known as manga. They meet once a month to socialize, discuss and simply just read some amazing manga. Little Tokyo Branch Library | Little Tokyo | Free
Quetzal Quartet, Taikoproject, and More: Quetzal Quartet, Taikoproject, Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, and Alice Bag perform in a benefit concert for migrant children. Aratani Theatre at the JACCC | Little Tokyo | $35 and up | Get tickets
SUNDAY
Soba Workshop: In this workshop you’ll earn how to make traditional hand-cut soba noodles and dipping sauce from scratch. Sonoko Sakai | Highland Park | $135 | Get tickets
Every Living Thing: Animals in Japanese Art: Underpinned by Japan’s unique spiritual heritage of Shintō and Buddhism, the Japanese reverence for nature—and the place of animals within that realm—is expressed in sculpture, painting, lacquer-work, ceramics, metalwork, cloisonné, and woodblock prints. Through December 8thLACMA | Miracle Mile | Free – $25
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SANJURO [Subtitled]: The Secret Movie Club continues their 12 Months of Kurosawa series with SANJURO, a sequel to Kurosawa’s YOJIMBO starring Toshiro Mifune. Vista Theatre | Los Feliz | $11 and up | Get tickets
Movie & Bites: THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE: A combined screening and culinary event featuring THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE (1952) by legendary filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu, a discussion, and salmon ochazuke. Japan House Los Angeles | Hollywood | $22.85 | Get tickets
ONGOING EVENTS
BAKERU | Transforming Spirits: Japan House Los Angeles | Hollywood | Free
At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America: Japanese American National Museum | Little Tokyo | $16
UPCOMING PICKS
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Note: Some sold out events omitted. Some events sell out after publication.
