Calendar of Events

Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams

The Dallas Holocaust Museum Center for Education and Tolerance 211 N. Record Street, Dallas, TX, United States

Now through August 14, 2018
JASDFW's community partner, the Dallas Holocaust Museum for Education and Tolerance, features 50 photographs by Ansel Adams documenting Manzanar, the Japanese American internment camp in California during World War II. These photographs were the subject of his controversial book Born Free and Equal, published in 1944 while the war was still on, protesting the treatment of Japanese in the United States.

Japan Update Symposium

Renaissance Dallas Richardson 900 East Lookout, Richardson, TX, United States

February 27, 2018
Learn about recent developments in U.S. Japan relations — and how they affect North Texas. During the luncheon, experts from both countries will examine the state of the relationship one year into the Trump administration. The afternoon panel will focus on the commercial relationship between Japan and the North Texas region.

Japan-America Society at Dallas Blooms

Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden 8525 Garland Road , Dallas, TX

Come see us on Sunday from 1:30 - 3:30 and practice your origami skills at our booth while you are surrounded by a sea of tulips!

DBDT Encore! – Rising Excellence

Moody Performance Hall 2520 Flora Street, Dallas, United States

The Dallas Black Dance Theatre's DBDT: Encore! presents a world premiere from Japanese choreographer Takehiro Ueyama. In the Sea of Heaven was created as an ode to the victims of the 2011 Japanese tsunami, and the recent 2017 hurricanes. It’s a powerful work featuring Encore! dancers exploring a variety of global aesthetics. Then Encore! shifts into fast-gear in Zach Law Ingram’s Phoenix, a contemporary ballet […]

Fort Worth Japan Society’s Shinbokukai

Sushi Axiom 2600 W 7th St, Fort Worth, TX

"Shinbokukai" (dinner get-together) is always a great time to relax and enjoy the company of friends. This time, Shinbokukai will be at Sushi Axiom (there are two Sushi Axiom’s in Fort Worth; this gathering will be at Montgomery Plaza, 2600 W 7th St, Fort Worth, TX 76107). Everyone pays for themselves. RSVP by March 31st to Harvey Yamagata […]

TAO: Drum Heart

Strauss Square 2389 Flora Street, Dallas, TX

April 15, 2018
The world famous Japanese percussion group will perform their modern, high-energy performances showcasing the ancient art of Japanese drumming that have transfixed audiences worldwide. Tao: Drum Heart combines highly physical, large-scale drumming with contemporary costumes.

The Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth is a Texas non-profit corporation qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.