Featured Programs

JAPAN HOUSE presents a vibrant, curated program of events throughout the year to spark cross-cultural conversation and inspiration. Programs include lectures, performances, gastronomy contents, premieres, and panel discussions bringing some of Japan’s most dynamic voices to Los Angeles.

Left: Closeup of trees in a forest / Top-right: Japanese lumber milling / Bottom-right: Two carpenters sawing a log

11.20.2024

Curator Talk | The Spirit of Japanese Craftsmen and Nature

A variety of items wrapped in colorful furoshiki and placed on a table

12.07.2024

Holiday Furoshiki Wrapping | Living a Sustainable Lifestyle

A scene from the film “School Lunch of Ashiya City (Ashiya no Kyushoku)”

12.14.2024

Movie & Bites | “School Lunch of Ashiya City”

Recorded Programs

A closeup of the artwork “Colorful Rebellion” by Sebastian Masuda, made using a variety of colorful toys.

09.24.2024

Power of Color | Exploring Colors with Sebastian Masuda

The Gosho Ruins in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture

03.27.2024

Beyond Aesthetics | A Journey through Time & Tohoku Region

A Japanese building that collapsed from an earthquake

03.12.2024

Readiness in Japan and Los Angeles | How to Prepare for the Next Big Earthquakes

TOKYO VICE Season 2

03.06.2024

TOKYO VICE Season 2: An Evening with Executive Producer Alan Poul

The Ohara Festival in Kagoshima, Japan

02.22.2024

Cultural Treasures | A Live Tour of Kyushu’s Craftsmanship

A scene from TOHO's Godzilla Minus One

02.16.2024

GODZILLA MINUS ONE Exclusive Talk with Director Takashi Yamazaki

IBM’s Q System One quantum computer on display at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show

01.18.2024

Harnessing Quantum Technology for the Benefit of Society

UNLOCK CINEMA | Short Films, Infinite Possibilities

01.11.2024

UNLOCK CINEMA | Short Films, Infinite Possibilities

Left: Articulated Gyarados, Haruo Mitsuta | Right: Transformable Ornament, Rookidee/Corviknight, Yuki Tsuboshima

11.15.2023

Artist Talk 3 | Pokémon & Japanese Craftsmanship - From Inspiration to Creation

Left: Eevee (Left) & Jolteon (Right), Taiichiro Yoshida | Right: Tea Caddy, Electric Exchange Design (Right), Tea caddy, Unown Design, Black Granite Style (Back), Poké Ball Box (Front), Ornamental Box, "Mewtwo," Luminous Design, Raden Inlay (Left), Terumasa Ikeda

10.11.2023

Artist Talk 2 | POKÉMON X KOGEI Artistic Journey

Left: Charizard/Shigaraki Jar, 2022, Keiko Masumoto | Right: Flying, 2022, Toru Fukuda

09.12.2023

Artist Talk 1 | Exploring Pokémon in Japanese Craft

Tsunekazu Ishihara and Masahiro Karasawa

07.25.2023

“POKÉMON X KOGEI” Artistry | Insights from Tsunekazu Ishihara and Masahiro Karasawa

Yuko Hasegawa and Kazuyo Sejima

04.14.2023

Symbiosis Curators’ Talk | Dialogue with Yuko Hasegawa x Kazuyo Sejima

Shodoshima Island scenery

05.24.2023

Explore Setouchi | Destination for Arts and Nature

Japanese rice balls (onigiri) on a black plate

03.22.2023

Resilient Cooking | Tips for Meals During Emergencies

Exterior view of warehouse 57 of AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles

02.06.2023

Fueling the Future: Hydrogen & Carbon Management

The exhibition room at the Living with Disaster: Stories from Seven Regenerative Cities Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.

01.28.2023

Global Japan Forum 2023 | Designing with Disaster

A man sitting cross-legged holding and with various woven bamboo baskets

12.07.2022

Bamboo in Japanese Culture & Lifestyle | Limitless Potential of Bamboo

Black bamboos

11.02.2022

Sustaining Black Bamboo | The Artist and the Woodsman

Director's Talk: Director Makoto Nagahisa and Kim Yutani

09.01.2022

Director's Talk: Director Makoto Nagahisa & Kim Yutani

Bamboo basket by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV

08.16.2022

Tradition & Modernity in Japanese Bamboo Baskets

Takashi Murakami and Etsuko Price

05.20.2022

Chasing the Eccentrics: Takashi Murakami in Conversation with Etsuko Price

Screen Shot 2022-05-28 at 11.43.55 PM

05.17.2022

SAMPURU: The Art of Japanese Food Replicas

Movie & Bites, explore "Tampopo" with music director, Kunihiko MUrai

04.23.2022

Movie & Bites | Explore “Tampopo” with Music Director Kunihiko Murai

Main Image_Tadanori Yokoo_Credit_Hiroshi Tsujitani (Nacasa & Partners Inc.)

04.05.2022

The Ceramics of Mino: 500 Years of Beauty and Innovation

Ramen bowl by Taku Satoh

03.22.2022

Delicious Design: Conversation with The Art of the Ramen Bowl Exhibition Curators

hydrogen storage tank

02.24.2022

Connecting Hydrogen Supply and Demand

Kumihimo braided on takadai

02.22.2022

The Secret of Sustainability in Business | Domyo

Drive My Car, Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura

02.01.2022

MA in Japanese Film

Kumihimo shoes

01.26.2022

Striking Cords: Kumihimo Silk Braids as Fashion Statements in Japan Past and Present

replica of heian-period hirao sash

12.15.2021

The History and Significance of Kumihimo in Japanese Culture 

Myoko Togakushi renzan National Park, Koyaike Marsh

11.18.2021

Japan National Parks | Hidden Views & Untold Stories

hydrogen storage tank

11.16.2021

Building Blocks for a Hydrogen Economy

The Echigoya in Surugacho by Utagawa Kunisada, 1830, woodblock print triptych, Collection of Ad Museum Tokyo

11.04.2021

The Relationship between Art and Advertising in Edo-period Japan

MA Food Pic 2_1

10.27.2021

MA in Contemporary Japanese Cuisine

Life is Good by Jenny Kaori

09.17.2021

WAVE Exhibition Opening Webinar

Products by Yamamotoyama

09.15.2021

The Secret of Sustainability in Business | Yamamotoyama

the earth & moon

08.31.2021

U.S.-Japan Partnership | Present and Future Bilateral Cooperation on Space

A nurse relaxing in a beech forest

08.18.2021

FOREST THERAPY: Reconnecting with Nature via Shinrinyoku

Kokugakuin University 125th Memorial Education Center

07.29.2021

MA in Contemporary Japanese Architecture

Director Michael Mann, Consul General Akira Muto and Yuko Kaifu

07.06.2021

Transportive Hollywood Power: Conversations with Film Director Michael Mann on the Appeal of Filming in Japan

Image of circle

07.14.2021

Line, Circle and Space in Art Now and Zen

Giada De Laurentiis's Rice Salad thumbnail

07.08.2021

Japanese Food Lab | Giada De Laurentiis's Rice Salad

The Cultural Village at Portland Japanese

06.23.2021

The World of Kengo Kuma – New Form of Encounter between Tradition and Modernity in Architecture

Kengo Kito

06.15.2021

RECONNECTING Exhibition Opening Event

Image of Centuries-Old Businesses in Japan

06.02.2021

The Secret of Sustainability in Business | Kikkoman U.S.A.

Hodogaya on the Tōkaidō Road from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1829

05.18.2021

Webinar | Woodblock-printed and Real Journeys Through Japan

Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together_Miami_1

04.27.2021

MA in Contemporary Art

Shin-Ohashi Bridge by Hiroshige

04.19.2021

Scenic Views and Supernatural Beings: New Themes in 19th-century Ukiyo-e Prints

chef Kuniko Yagi introducing classic dressings

01.04.2021

Japanese Food Lab | Dress Up Your Dinner Series Part 1: Classic Dressings

mason jars filled with gomadare and gomasu

03.15.2021

Japanese Food Lab | Dress Up Your Dinner Series Part 2: Sesame Based Dressings & Sauces

miso dressing

04.02.2021

Japanese Food Lab | Dress Up Your Dinner Series Part 3: Savory Dressings

Ghost of Okiku by Kunisada

03.25.2021

Webinar Conversation | Yōkai Past and Present

Special Presentation by Dr. Hiroko Akiyama, Ph.D., University of Tokyo

03.17.2021

Redesigning Communities for an Aging Society

Be Prepared! What we learned from the 3-11-2011 Great East Japan Earthquakes and Tsunami

03.10.2021

Be Prepared! Lessons Learned on Readiness and Resilience

image of green leaves

03.09.2021

Hydrogen Solution Webinar 2 | Los Angeles' Green Energy Goals and Collaboration from Japan

image of blue sky and green grass

03.03.2021

Hydrogen Solution Webinar 1 | Japan’s Leadership in Building a Hydrogen Society

Naomi Kawase and Claudia Puig headshots

03.02.2021

Mothers and Film Making

Nature/Supernature Exhibition at JHLA

02.22.2021

Curator's Talk | NATURE/SUPERNATURE

Elder Care image

02.17.2021

The New Age of Elder Care

pedestrian crossing in Tokyo, Japan

11.20.2020

Hollywood's New Anime Gold Rush

Chiune Sugihara at his desk

11.17.2020

"Visas for Life" 80th Anniversary: The Legacy of Chiune Sugihara

Past Events

Left: Master carpenter Akinori Abo using a sharp tool on wood. Top Right: Close-up of a knife-like tool. Bottom Right: A hand planing the wood.

11.16.2024

From Forest to Form | Japanese Carpentry at Shōya House

AKA Duo performance

10.26.2024

AKA Duo | Classical Crossroads between Japan & Poland

Still from movie “Super Happy Forever.” A Japanese man sitting at the edge of a stone wall with blue skies and a palm tree in the back.

10.23.2024

AFI FEST: SUPER HAPPY FOREVER & Talk

Advent Calendar Box from Kokoro Care

10.21.2024 - 11.06.2024

Kokoro Care Holiday Advent Calendar Giveaway

Animation Is Film Festival 2024

10.18.2024 - 10.20.2024

2024 Animation Is Film Festival

Characters Ichigo (left) and Uryu (Right) from the “BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War” series

10.13.2024

BLEACH | Fireside Chat with Ichigo & Uryu