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.
Recorded Programs
![The Gosho Ruins in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-02/DMJ_Tsuyoshi-Tane-Iwate-Prefecture_Thumbnail.jpg)
03.27.2024
Beyond Aesthetics | A Journey through Time & Tohoku Region
![A Japanese building that collapsed from an earthquake](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-03/Readiness-Japan-Los-Angeles-Webinar-Main_rev.jpg)
03.12.2024
Readiness in Japan and Los Angeles | How to Prepare for the Next Big Earthquakes
![TOKYO VICE Season 2](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-02/Tokyo-Vice-2_Evening-with-Alan-Poul_Main-1000.jpg)
03.06.2024
TOKYO VICE Season 2: An Evening with Executive Producer Alan Poul
![The Ohara Festival in Kagoshima, Japan](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-02/Cultural-Treasures_Ohara-Festival_1000.jpg)
02.22.2024
Cultural Treasures | A Live Tour of Kyushu’s Craftsmanship
![A scene from TOHO's Godzilla Minus One](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-02/Godzilla-Minus-One_Main.jpg)
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](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-12/AdobeStock_479424300_by%20RAND.jpg)
01.18.2024
Harnessing Quantum Technology for the Benefit of Society
![UNLOCK CINEMA | Short Films, Infinite Possibilities](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-12/unlock-cinema-short-shorts-film-festival-asia-2024_main_1000.jpg)
01.11.2024
UNLOCK CINEMA | Short Films, Infinite Possibilities
![Left: Articulated Gyarados, Haruo Mitsuta | Right: Transformable Ornament, Rookidee/Corviknight, Yuki Tsuboshima](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-08/Pokemon-Japanese-Craftsmanship_Main-1000.jpg)
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](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-08/POKEMON-x-KOGEI-Artistic-Journey_Main-1000.jpg)
10.11.2023
Artist Talk 2 | POKÉMON X KOGEI Artistic Journey
![Left: Charizard/Shigaraki Jar, 2022, Keiko Masumoto | Right: Flying, 2022, Toru Fukuda](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-08/Exploring-pokemon-in-japanese-craft_Main-800.jpg)
09.12.2023
Artist Talk 1 | Exploring Pokémon in Japanese Craft
![Tsunekazu Ishihara and Masahiro Karasawa](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-06/POKEMON-X-KOGEI_artistry-insights-tsunekazu-ishihara-masahiro-karasawa_main.jpg)
07.25.2023
“POKÉMON X KOGEI” Artistry | Insights from Tsunekazu Ishihara and Masahiro Karasawa
![Yuko Hasegawa and Kazuyo Sejima](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-03/Yuko-Hasegawa-and-Kazuyo-Sejima.jpg)
04.14.2023
Symbiosis Curators’ Talk | Dialogue with Yuko Hasegawa x Kazuyo Sejima
![Shodoshima Island scenery](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-04/JNTO_Explore-Setouchi_Shodoshima-Island.jpg)
05.24.2023
Explore Setouchi | Destination for Arts and Nature
![Japanese rice balls (onigiri) on a black plate](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-03/Resilient-Cooking_Main_Rice-balls-onigiri-thumbnail.jpg)
03.22.2023
Resilient Cooking | Tips for Meals During Emergencies
![Exterior view of warehouse 57 of AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/AltaSea-exterior-view.jpg)
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.](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-03/Photo-Exhibition-Room-Tokyo-800.jpg)
01.28.2023
Global Japan Forum 2023 | Designing with Disaster
![A man sitting cross-legged holding and with various woven bamboo baskets](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Taketora-main-thumbnail.jpg)
12.07.2022
Bamboo in Japanese Culture & Lifestyle | Limitless Potential of Bamboo
![Black bamboos](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Black-Bamboos.jpg)
11.02.2022
Sustaining Black Bamboo | The Artist and the Woodsman
![Director's Talk: Director Makoto Nagahisa and Kim Yutani](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Director-Makoto-Nagahisa-and-Kim-Yutani.jpg)
09.01.2022
Director's Talk: Director Makoto Nagahisa & Kim Yutani
![Bamboo basket by Tanabe Chikuunsai IV](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Bamboo-basket.jpg)
08.16.2022
Tradition & Modernity in Japanese Bamboo Baskets
![Takashi Murakami and Etsuko Price](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Takashi-Murakami-and-Etsuko-Price.jpg)
05.20.2022
Chasing the Eccentrics: Takashi Murakami in Conversation with Etsuko Price
![Screen Shot 2022-05-28 at 11.43.55 PM](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-04/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-28%20at%2011.43.55%20PM_1.jpg)
05.17.2022
SAMPURU: The Art of Japanese Food Replicas
![Movie & Bites, explore "Tampopo" with music director, Kunihiko MUrai](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/movie-bites-tampopo.jpg)
04.23.2022
Movie & Bites | Explore “Tampopo” with Music Director Kunihiko Murai
![Main Image_Tadanori Yokoo_Credit_Hiroshi Tsujitani (Nacasa & Partners Inc.)](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-04/Main%20Image_Tadanori%20Yokoo_Credit_Hiroshi%20Tsujitani%20%28Nacasa%20%26%20Partners%20Inc.%29_1.jpg)
04.05.2022
The Ceramics of Mino: 500 Years of Beauty and Innovation
![Ramen bowl by Taku Satoh](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Ramen-bowl-by-Taku-Satoh.jpg)
03.22.2022
Delicious Design: Conversation with The Art of the Ramen Bowl Exhibition Curators
![hydrogen storage tank](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/CSIS_header.jpg)
02.24.2022
Connecting Hydrogen Supply and Demand
![Kumihimo braided on takadai](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Main-Domyo-Event-Image.jpg)
02.22.2022
The Secret of Sustainability in Business | Domyo
![Drive My Car, Hidetoshi Nishijima and Toko Miura](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Hidetoshi-Nishijima-and-Toko-Miura.jpg)
02.01.2022
MA in Japanese Film
![Kumihimo shoes](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Kumihimo-shoes.jpg)
01.26.2022
Striking Cords: Kumihimo Silk Braids as Fashion Statements in Japan Past and Present
![replica of heian-period hirao sash](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Kumihimo-HiraoSash.jpg)
12.15.2021
The History and Significance of Kumihimo in Japanese Culture
11.18.2021
Japan National Parks | Hidden Views & Untold Stories
![hydrogen storage tank](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/CSIS_header.jpg)
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](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/art-and-advertising.jpg)
11.04.2021
The Relationship between Art and Advertising in Edo-period Japan
![MA Food Pic 2_1](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-04/MA%20Food%20Pic%202_1.jpeg)
10.27.2021
MA in Contemporary Japanese Cuisine
![Life is Good by Jenny Kaori](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Life-is-Good-by-Jenny-Kaori.jpg)
09.17.2021
WAVE Exhibition Opening Webinar
![Products by Yamamotoyama](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/YMY-Rebrand-Products-wide.jpg)
09.15.2021
The Secret of Sustainability in Business | Yamamotoyama
![the earth & moon](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/the-earth-and-moon.jpg)
08.31.2021
U.S.-Japan Partnership | Present and Future Bilateral Cooperation on Space
![A nurse relaxing in a beech forest](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/a-nurse-relaxing-in-a-beech-forest.jpg)
08.18.2021
FOREST THERAPY: Reconnecting with Nature via Shinrinyoku
![Kokugakuin University 125th Memorial Education Center](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Kokugakuin-University.jpg)
07.29.2021
MA in Contemporary Japanese Architecture
![Director Michael Mann, Consul General Akira Muto and Yuko Kaifu](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Michael-Mann-webinar.jpg)
07.06.2021
Transportive Hollywood Power: Conversations with Film Director Michael Mann on the Appeal of Filming in Japan
![Image of circle](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/circle_0.png)
07.14.2021
Line, Circle and Space in Art Now and Zen
![Giada De Laurentiis's Rice Salad thumbnail](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-03/Giada-rice-salad-thumbnail.jpg)
07.08.2021
Japanese Food Lab | Giada De Laurentiis's Rice Salad
![The Cultural Village at Portland Japanese](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/The-Cultural-Village-at-Portland-Japanese.jpg)
06.23.2021
The World of Kengo Kuma – New Form of Encounter between Tradition and Modernity in Architecture
![Kengo Kito](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Kengo-Kito.jpg)
06.15.2021
RECONNECTING Exhibition Opening Event
![Image of Centuries-Old Businesses in Japan](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2021-05/07.jpg)
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](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Hodogaya-on-the-Tokaido-Road_0.jpg)
05.18.2021
Webinar | Woodblock-printed and Real Journeys Through Japan
![Flowers and People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together_Miami_1](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/MA-in-Contemporary-Art.jpg)
04.27.2021
MA in Contemporary Art
![Shin-Ohashi Bridge by Hiroshige](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Shin-Ohashi-Bridge_0.jpg)
04.19.2021
Scenic Views and Supernatural Beings: New Themes in 19th-century Ukiyo-e Prints
![chef Kuniko Yagi introducing classic dressings](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Classic-Dressings.jpg)
01.04.2021
Japanese Food Lab | Dress Up Your Dinner Series Part 1: Classic Dressings
![mason jars filled with gomadare and gomasu](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2021-03/Gomadare_Gomasu_0.jpg)
03.15.2021
Japanese Food Lab | Dress Up Your Dinner Series Part 2: Sesame Based Dressings & Sauces
![miso dressing](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Miso-Dressing.jpg)
04.02.2021
Japanese Food Lab | Dress Up Your Dinner Series Part 3: Savory Dressings
![Ghost of Okiku by Kunisada](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Ghost-of-Okiku_0.jpg)
03.25.2021
Webinar Conversation | Yōkai Past and Present
![Special Presentation by Dr. Hiroko Akiyama, Ph.D., University of Tokyo](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2021-03/AgingSociety_thumbnail.png)
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](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/LTNP_Thumbnail.jpg)
03.10.2021
Be Prepared! Lessons Learned on Readiness and Resilience
![image of green leaves](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/green-leaves.jpg)
03.09.2021
Hydrogen Solution Webinar 2 | Los Angeles' Green Energy Goals and Collaboration from Japan
![image of blue sky and green grass](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/daisy-flowers.jpg)
03.03.2021
Hydrogen Solution Webinar 1 | Japan’s Leadership in Building a Hydrogen Society
![Naomi Kawase and Claudia Puig headshots](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Naomi-Kawase-and-Claudia-Puig-headshots.jpg)
03.02.2021
Mothers and Film Making
![Nature/Supernature Exhibition at JHLA](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/Nature-Supernature-Exhibition.jpg)
02.22.2021
Curator's Talk | NATURE/SUPERNATURE
![Elder Care image](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/New-Age-of-Elder-Care.jpg)
02.17.2021
The New Age of Elder Care
![pedestrian crossing in Tokyo, Japan](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2023-05/pedestrian-crossing-in-Tokyo-Japan.jpg)
11.20.2020
Hollywood's New Anime Gold Rush
11.17.2020
"Visas for Life" 80th Anniversary: The Legacy of Chiune Sugihara
Past Events
![Artist Sebastian Masuda stands next to his newest piece Express Yourself](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-05/088_Sebastian%20Masuda.jpeg)
07.05.2024
“King of Kawaii” Sebastian Masuda Talk and Q&A
![](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-05/Furoshiki-Workshop-Collage_Main.jpg)
06.15.2024
Furoshiki Wrapping | Living a Sustainable Lifestyle
![Harajuku Day](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-04/Harajuku-Day-LA_Thumbnail.jpg)
05.04.2024
Yes, KAWAII is Art | Harajuku Day in Hollywood
![Making Japanese tea](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-03/Teaching-Japanese-Tea-Symposium-Main.jpg)
04.27.2024
Teaching Japanese Tea Academic Symposium
![An elderly woman and two men sitting in a Japanese-style room having tea as two cats lounge in the foreground](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-04/Movie-Bites-The-Island-of-Cats-main.jpg)
04.23.2024
Movie & Bites | “The Island of Cats”
![Photos of wedding in Japan, India, and Mexico](/sites/japanhouse.com.losangeles/files/2024-03/DEI-Wedding-Main-rev.jpg)
03.04.2024
Tying the Knot | Celebrating Diverse Wedding Traditions