and supported by funding from the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

walking through the Historic Building and down to the exhibit with my grandma … I didnt fully grasp the gravity of what JANM represented then.This building was vacant … We were granted the right to use that building for a dollar a day by the City of Los Angeles.

this Buddhist temple rocked with the hand claps and hallelujahs of Southern Baptist services.betrayal by our own government.JANM has preserved stories too often pushed aside — stories of courage.

Speakers at the groundbreaking program were (from left) JANM Board of Trustees Chair William T.That moment will stay with me forever.

a book listing all of the incarcerees.

Fast-forwarding to the present.but those thoughts were repeatedly supplanted by the solace she found in sharing her story with patrons.

Kin Don was a kind of labor of love.with everyone cheering on the singer or grabbing the extra microphone and joining in the chorus.

Patrons enjoy drinks and snacks.For some customers feeling a bit more peckish.