PAST EVENTS
2025
- Sakura & Friendship Cherry Blossom Photography Contest (Deadline: January 26, 2025)
2024
- JICC Nengajo Contest 2025 (Deadline: December 13, 2025)
- Unveiling Enryaku-ji | Through Art, History, and Spiritual Practice with Head Priest YAMAZAKI Jimyō and Dr. Frank Feltens (December 11, 2024)
- Japanese Art between Two Worlds | The Case of Creative Prints and People's Prints with Dr. Alicia Volk (November 21, 2024)
- Extended Gallery Hours | Kyō Hyōgu: Behind the Hanging Scroll (October 17, 2024)
- Introducing Bunraku | The Art of Japanese Puppet Theater (October 7, 2024)
- An Evening with Fujiki Daichi & Inoi Ami (October 2, 2024)
- The Art and Tradition of Kimono with Paul MacLardy (September 27, 2024)
- Kyō Hyōgu: Behind the Layers with ITO Kiyoto (September 5, 2024)
- Summer Retrospective: Art in the Wind & A New League (July 23-August 23, 2024)
- Summer Matsuri (July 20, 2024)
- Extended Gallery Hours | 70s Edition featuring DJ Em-Pulse (June 21, 2024)
- JICC Pop-Ups at Public Libraries (May, 2024)
- Fireside Chat: Simplicity & Balance with Dr. Syukuro Manabe (May 17, 2024)
- Kasuri: A Japanese Textile Technique in Global Context with Lee Talbot (May 16, 2024)
- Sneak Peek Gallery Hours | Photographic Images and Matter: Japanese Prints of the 1970s (May 4, 2024)
- Ise: The Changing Meanings of a Timeless Monument with Professor Jordan Sand (March 27, 2024)
- Extended Gallery Hours | Recapturing Happiness (March 11, 2024)
- Culture Talk at JICC | The Way of Incense (February 9, 2024)
- Meet & Greet with Keisuke Hirai (February 1, 2024)
- Oshōgatsu at the JICC! (Janurary 20, 2024)
- 2024 Nengajo Contest Winners
2023
- JICC Nengajo Contest 2024
- 2024 National Cherry Blossom Festival Official Art Dispaly (November 16 - 29, 2023)
- Curator Talk with Eric Saul of Go For Broke (November 20, 2023)
- Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints (November 2, 2023)
- Textile Talks with Aoi Yoshizawa & Virginia Soenksen (October 5, 2023)
- Sashiko-ish: A Contemporary Take on Japanese Embroidery with Aoi Yoshizawa (October 5, 2023)
- Exploring the Shakuhachi: A Journey of Sound with Kojiro Umezaki (September 7, 2023)
- From Kaidan to J-Horror | Rewriting the Ghost for Stage & Film (August 3, 2023)
- Tea and Tranquility | Unveiling the Secrets of Chanoyu with Kanako Yamashita (July 27, 2023)
- Extended Gallery Hours | City Pop Edition (June 23, 2023)
- The Artistry of Kōgei | Fine Arts and Crafts in the Meiji Era with Smithsonian Curator Dr. Sol Jung (June 8, 2023)
- Extended Gallery Hours | The Superlative Artistry of Japan (May 19, 2023)
- Children's Day at the JICC| Passport DC 2023 (May 6, 2023)
- JICC Pop-Ups at DC Public Libraries (May & June, 2023)
- Special Gallery HoursBlossoming Flowers in Japanese Art and Poetry (April 22, 2023)
- Understanding Tokyo with Professor Jordan Sand (March 29, 2023)
- Message in a Vase with David Komeiji (March 23, 2023)
- 2023 Nengajo Contest Winners