THE LONG BEACH JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER HAS SERVED AS THE PRIMARY FACILITY IN LONG BEACH HARBOR AREA IN FURTHERING AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE JAPANESE CULTURE AND THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH ITS OFFERINGS OF CULTURAL AND VISUAL ARTS INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF CITIZENS OF ALL AGES, ETHNICITY AND RELIGIOUS AFFLIATIONS.OUR MISSION IS:TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS OF THE LONG BEACH / SOUTH BAY AREA THROUGH ACCESSIBLE, QUALITY INSTRUCTION IN THE VARIOUS JAPANESE CULTURAL, VISUAL, LANGUAGE AND MARTIAL ARTSTO SERVE AS A CULTURAL RESOURCE OF CIVIC AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, THUS ADDING TO THE ALREADY RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE AREA.TO PRESERVE AND FURTHER THE TIMELINESS CULTURAL TRADITIONS WHICH ARE OUR LEGACY BY GENERATIONS PASTTO COLLECT, DOCUMENT AND ESTABLISH AN ARCHIVES LIBRARY OF HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS, DATA, VISUAL IMAGES AND AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE LONG BEA