Community activities
Japanese Americans of the pre-World War II era, urban and rural dwellers alike, lived in tight-knit communities bound together by a wide variety of shared associations and institutions. In an era marked by pronounced anti-Asian racism, Japanese Americans in cities tended to live in segregated ghettoes. While discrimination was the reason for isolated Japanese American neighborhoods, the well-organized and tight-knit community provided a rich social and cultural foundation for the Japanese immigrants and their children.
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![What's Our Decision?](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e6/84/e68425ed11419e949fe3c2a310890498.jpg)
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Band playing at convention reception (ddr-jamsj-1-502)
Dinner reception for the Ninth Annual California Landscape Gardeners Convention held at Cabana Hotel.
![Kanji's On There Someplace! (ddr-jamsj-1-167)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/30/f3/30f35bb59213039cf61902680c7b147b.jpg)
![Yone Admiring the Bonsais (ddr-jamsj-1-143)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/14/ef/14efc875e411ba6fedc16c5f404cdc41.jpg)
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Yone Admiring the Bonsais (ddr-jamsj-1-143)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
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![Geo, Tom, Martin, Fred, with Ben Hirano (ddr-jamsj-1-135)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/db/98/db987614555629a8ab8f5241e76e5ddc.jpg)
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Geo, Tom, Martin, Fred, with Ben Hirano (ddr-jamsj-1-135)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
![Our Bowlers with Rooters (ddr-jamsj-1-140)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/88/3788aab3006fb523584a3b76f9a0ef38.jpg)
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Our Bowlers with Rooters (ddr-jamsj-1-140)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
![Norm Mineta giving opening speech (ddr-jamsj-1-621)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fc/a2/fca274311dec648bb370d123efe26ba3.jpg)
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Norm Mineta giving opening speech (ddr-jamsj-1-621)
The 20th Anniversary Commemoration-Installation Dinner at Hyatt House.
![Award being given (ddr-jamsj-1-492)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2f/84/2f840da76335e0ee13f8184a5ccb4fd0.jpg)
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Award being given (ddr-jamsj-1-492)
Dinner reception for the Ninth Annual California Landscape Gardeners Convention held at Cabana Hotel.