Returning home

When the camps closed, Japanese Americans were handed $25 and put on trains headed for the places they had been forcibly removed from nearly four years earlier. Harassment was common -- many returning Japanese Americans were greeted with signs reading "No Japs Allowed." Other discovered their property had been vandalized or stolen. Homes and businesses that had been boarded up or left in the care of others were abandoned and stripped of furnishings and goods. For the majority, who did not have homes to return to, housing was the most serious problem. Housing discrimination was severe in many areas and persisted to varying degrees until the civil rights legislation of the 1960s. Former camp inmates with no other options moved into hostels and converted community institutions with conditions not much better than the camps they had just left. Although this period was stressful, it is remembered as a time when people came together to share what they had.

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doc Letter from Uhachi Tamesa to Min Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-21)

Letter to Min about returning home and attempting to seek restitution for stolen and damaged property

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-21/

doc Letter from Uhachi Tamesa to Min Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-20)

Letter to Min about returning home from camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-20/

doc Letter from Uhachi Tamesa to Min Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-18)

Letter to Min about returning home from camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-18/

doc Letter from Uhachi Tamesa to Min Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-19)

Letter to Min about returning home from camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-19/

doc Letter from Uhachi Tamesa to Arthur Emi (ddr-densho-333-22)

Letter to Art Emi about returning home and seeking restitution for stolen property

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-333-22/

doc Information bulletin (ddr-densho-381-30)

An information bulletin with articles about Minidoka's population, a train wreck, news from Seattle, bus fares, job offers, and three pages of Japanese text, possibly a translation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-381-30/

img Tamako Tokuda holding child (ddr-densho-383-472)

George and Tamako Tokuda's post-war resettlement in Seattle. The child is George and Tamako's oldest son, Floyd. The pair is next to a clothes drying line outside.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-472/

img Tamako Tokuda standing on sidewalk (ddr-densho-383-467)

George and Tamako Tokuda's post-war resettlement in Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-467/

img George and Tamako Tokuda on sidewalk (ddr-densho-383-471)

George and Tamako Tokuda's post-war resettlement in Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-471/

doc Notes from individuals responding to "what I would like to do after the war" (ddr-densho-383-542)

Written by Osa Edamura, who would have been a child at the time of incarceration, Gene Yamamoto and George Tsukamoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-542/

img Tamako Tokuda holding child (ddr-densho-383-468)

George and Tamako Tokuda's post-war resettlement in Seattle. The child is George and Tamako's oldest son, Floyd. The pair is next to a clothes drying line outside.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-468/

img Man holding child (ddr-densho-383-469)

George and Tamako Tokuda's post-war resettlement in Seattle. The child is George and Tamako's oldest son, Floyd. Written on front of photograph: "1946 - Yesler Way". Written on back of photograph: "May 1946".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-469/

img Tamako Tokuda standing on sidewalk (ddr-densho-383-473)

George and Tamako Tokuda's post-war resettlement in Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-473/

Message from the Director of the War Relocation Authority and Summery of WRA Policies and Procedures for the Final Phase of the Relocation Program (ddr-densho-356-923)

doc Message from the Director of the War Relocation Authority and Summery of WRA Policies and Procedures for the Final Phase of the Relocation Program (ddr-densho-356-923)

Written message from Dillon S. Myer, Director of the War Relocation Authority to internees regarding the reopening of the West Coast to Japanese Americans. Attached to the message is policy guidelines for resettlement out of WRA camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-923/

doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Sadame Nomi (ddr-densho-356-396)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Sadame Nomi in which Sadame thanks Yuri for her wedding portrait, provides details about the way she celebrated the holidays and provides details about mutual friends. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-396/

doc Letter to Richard and Yuri Tsukada from Mr. & Mrs. W. Senda (ddr-densho-356-395)

Letter to Richard Tsukada and Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Wataro Senda and Seki Senda in which they thank the Tsukadas for a copy of their wedding portrait and inquire about if they plan to return to the West Coast. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-395/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Mary Suzuki (ddr-densho-356-333)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mary Suzuki in which she details the summer courses she is taking and her new living arrangements and ask Yuriko for some details about government resettlement programs so she can pass them along to her advisor. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-333/

doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Tok (ddr-densho-356-408)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Tokuko Domoto Kishi in which asks about family plans, tells about feelings on resettlement, and how her children have grown. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-408/

doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Tak Negi (ddr-densho-356-397)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Tak Nomi in which Tak writes about her life in New York City, how she celebrated the holidays, plans for a 10 year college reunion, and thanks for the wedding portrait. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-397/

doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Wak Domoto (ddr-densho-356-581)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Wakako Domoto. Wak writes her journey to California during which she learned a lot of news about individuals they knew in Japan and Nisei who served in the war, she also details how she spent Easter with their sister Tokuko Kishi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-581/

img Wedding party (ddr-densho-363-1)

Photograph of the wedding party at Sam Sakamoto and Hanaye (Fujiwara) Sakamoto's wedding. The photograph was taken by Frank C. Hirahara.\n\nTo view more photographs of the Sakamoto wedding and other photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara please visit the Oregon Nikkei Endowment's Frank C. Hirahara Collection.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-1/

img Portrait of Mary Abe's family (ddr-one-1-77)

Black and white photographic negative of Mary Abe's family posed seated in her living room. Photo portrait of an unknown man on the side table. Back row left to right: Marge Horigami, Florence "Flo" (Teshima) Anazawa, remaining unidentified . Front row left to right: May (Abe) Endo unidentified woman.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-77/

img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-296)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dance rehearsal at Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Obon dancers from left to right: Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Marjory "Marge" (Ando) Smith, Carol (Takeda) Smith, and unidentified. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-296/

img Family home (ddr-one-1-445)

Color slide of an unidentified woman in a blue dress and orange headscarf with three children standing in their doorway looking at the camera. One child is holding a gift bag in her hand. According to donor processed on June 20, 1951.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-445/

img Wedding of Sam Sakamoto and Hanaye (Fujiwara) Sakamoto (ddr-one-1-47)

Black and white photographic negative of two men in suits posed. From left to right: Keso Kuwahara and groom Sam Sakamoto.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-47/