Social and recreational activities

Japanese Americans found ways to fill the long days created by the enforced idleness of camp life. They made jewelry from shells found in the desert, built furniture for their rooms using scrap lumber and renovated the exteriors of their barracks. People also played cards, chess, checkers, mahjongg, and the Japanese games 'go' and 'shogi.' Camp inmates held dances, concerts, plays, and arts and crafts exhibitions. In Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, they even held a beauty contest to select the "Sweetheart of Minidoka."

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vh Hatsuko Mary Higuchi Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-456-3)

Childhood games and parents' jobs in camp

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vh Clara S. Hattori Interview II Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-427-13)

Daily life in camp: making furniture, setting up recreational activities

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vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-165-15)

Activities in camp: acting in plays with a theater group, participating in a writers' group

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vh Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-299-23)

Sneaking out of camp to go fishing

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vh Helen T. Sasaki Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-505-8)

Father's woodworking hobby in camp

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