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Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute

A community home for Japanese and Japanese American culture, learning, practice, gathering, and service.

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Close view of a Hollywood Judo Dojo participant holding an embroidered belt while participants line up in the dojo.

Community in action

Many practices. One shared home.

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Three taiko performers play large drums on the Social Hall stage during HJCI’s seventy-fifth anniversary celebration.

Music & performance

Culture in performance

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Then and now

History carried forward.

The institutions and artifacts preserved at HJCI remain connected to an active community home on Middlebury Street.

Preserved wooden signs for the Hollywood Japanese Language School and California Japanese Language School Association. — Then Preserved language-school signs reflect HJCI’s educational roots.

Exterior of the Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute on Middlebury Street, with its entrance, landscaped courtyard, and palm trees. — Now The Middlebury Street campus continues to bring programs and community life together.

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Events

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Upcoming dates will be posted as they are confirmed.

People caring for landscaping beside the Hollywood JCI facility.

From the archive

Community care in action

See documented fundraisers and facility-care events from HJCI’s public archive.

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People actively caring for the stage area inside the HJCI Social Hall.

Membership & service

Help sustain the next chapter.

Membership and volunteer service support the shared space and programs that connect HJCI’s community.

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Keep a place for community life.

Donations help sustain the community center and the activities that bring people together.

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Visit & contact

Find Hollywood JCI on Middlebury Street.

3929 Middlebury StreetLos Angeles, CA 90004-2208

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(323) 664-2070
hollywoodjci@gmail.com

Exterior sign for the Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute at 3929 Middlebury Street, surrounded by the building and garden. — Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute