Japanese American history museum in Old Town, Portland.
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- Location:
- Portland, OR, 97209
- Phone:
- 503-224-1458
- Tues - Sat:
- 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Sun:
- 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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- Bill and Sam Naito - A Portlan...
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Thursday, October 8 at 5:00pm
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- Museum in a Suitcase 11:48am Dec 3
- Oregon Reads 2009 11:36am Dec 3
- Oregon Nikkei: Reflections of an American Community 11:23am Dec 3
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Photos from the opening reception for "Bill and Sam Naito - A Portland Story"
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Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Photos from our exhibition during Summer 2009.
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Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Free admission and holiday sale December 4-5, 11am-3pm, at the museum. Please join us if you can!
Two days only!
Location:Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Time:11:00AM Friday, December 4th
For current and past volunteers of Oregon Nikkei Endowment
Location:Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Time:5:30PM Thursday, November 19th
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Join us as we honor the legacy of Bill and Sam Naito with an exhibition focusing on the history, work and legacy of the two Portland brothers. This exhibit features historic family potographs and ephemera in addition to archival images from our collection. Scheduled to run through January 10, 2010.
Bill and Sam Naito – ...A Portland Story focuses on the establishment of the family business in 1920 by their father Hide, being "thrown out" of Portland during the forced resettlement of Japanese Americans during World War II, the reestablishment of the business, and ultimate success of their many ventures.
Photos courtesy of the Naito Family.
Time:5:00PM Thursday, October 8th
Location:Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center The 2nd annual Oregon Day of Culture is coming right up!
Celebrate! Participate! Give!
Location:All over Oregon
Time:12:05AM Thursday, October 1st
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center Two Girl Genius books are now on sale at our gift shop, and the artists are generously giving us 50% of the proceeds. Please check out our gift shop in person or online!
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Irrashaimase. The Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center's online store specializes in Japanese American books, gifts, and accessories. All proceeds from the gift shop support the Legacy Center and help to ensure ...
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You Gotta Have Wa is a classic work about the cultural conflict between Japan and America, as seen through the common sport of baseball. It was written in 1989 at the height of US-Japan trade difficulties. It received considerable media attention, including three reviews from the New York Times in the span of one year ...and a feature in Time Magazine. The author appeared on many TV shows, including Larry King Live and the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and Bill Clinton even mentioned in a press conference that he was reading the book. The book was required reading at the Japan Desk in the State Department, as well as at several American universities, and went through 22 printings. The Japanese translation was a bestseller and was named one of the best non-fiction books of the year.
Now, in commemoration of You Gotta Have Wa's 20th anniversary, an update has just been published. It contains a new introduction and a lengthy afterward describing in great detail how the US-Japan equation has changed (as well as how it has not) and how that is reflected in the sport of baseball. Special focus is given to the influx of Japanese stars to Major League Baseball and the recent migration to Japan of a succession of American managers, led by Bobby Valentine and Trey Hillman, and the difficulties they have faced.
To reserve your spot, please call Japan-America Society of Oregon at 503-552-8811.
A new look at the US-Japan Equation, featuring author Robert Whiting
Time:5:30PM Tuesday, August 11th
Location:Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Girl Genius is a self-described "gaslamp fantasy comic" and the brainchild of creators Phil and Kaja Foglio from Seattle, Washington. Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center will host a selection of original artwork from the collection of the creators spanning the run of the story from its initial publishing in 2001 through to the... soon-to-be-released Volume 8. This artwork, along with text illustrating the process and history of the story give the public a chance to see a strong female lead character—rare in mainstream comics.
The story features "adventure, romance and some mad science" and the title character is Agatha Heterodyne. In an interview with Comic Book Resources News Phil Foglio describes the heroine, "Our story concerns Agatha Heterodyne, the long lost and here-to-for unsuspected heir to an ancient family of mad scientists who everyone had thought safely long gone. Because of who and what she is, everyone either wants to control her or kill her. Comedy ensues."
Girl Genius is a nominee for the Best Graphic Story in science fiction’s 2009 Hugo Awards, and the 2008 winner for both Outstanding Comic and Outstanding Writer from the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Award. Girl Genius is loved by devoted comic readers and new fans alike. "Girl Genius, from start to finish is pure, unadulterated fun… with almost every page, I had a blast and a hunger for more ADVENTURE, ROMANCE, and MAD SCIENCE" – The Webcomic Overlook
featuring artwork from the web comic
Time:11:00AM Friday, August 14th
Location:Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Benefitting the Oregon Nikkei Endowment
Location:Safeco Field
Time:11:00AM Sunday, August 9th
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center
Cupcake Day
Tuesday, July 21
at Cupcake Jones
Cupcake Jones a locally owned bakery in Portland's Pearl District will be donating 5% of their proceeds to Oregon Nikkei Endowment for one day, July 21st.
Buy cupcakes in person and O.N.E. will receive 5% of what you spend.
Got a party, wedding, special event coming up? Order yo...ur cupcakes on July 21st, Benefit Day, for any future event and we will receive the 5% donation for your order.
So, eat cupcakes on the 21st or eat cupcakes later, we benefit either way when you purchase on July 21st. Satisfy your sweet tooth, help Oregon Nikkei Endowment and support a local bakery.
Cupcake Jones
www.cupcakejones.net
for Oregon Nikkei Endowment
Time:10:00AM Tuesday, July 21st
Location:Cupcake Jones
Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center A few photos from our Issei Food Culture event:
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