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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![Beauty pageant winners start the raffle (ddr-jamsj-1-509)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/79/17/79179233fc5d2bfcba9ad22de8b6835e.jpg)
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Beauty pageant winners start the raffle (ddr-jamsj-1-509)
Dinner reception for the Ninth Annual California Landscape Gardeners Convention held at Cabana Hotel.
![Man handing out award to Hanamura (ddr-jamsj-1-644)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5f/8d/5f8d818de2608183da1b5b66fed899e5.jpg)
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Man handing out award to Hanamura (ddr-jamsj-1-644)
The 20th Anniversary Commemoration-Installation Dinner at Hyatt House.
![You Look Like a Japanese Santa (ddr-jamsj-1-288)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8f/15/8f150348ef72268a248de0bd85447fdf.jpg)
![Jim Tsutsui-- Master of Ceremonies (ddr-jamsj-1-152)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3a/ff/3affbb0c901f857e8bc2c2c5c45b5159.jpg)
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Jim Tsutsui-- Master of Ceremonies (ddr-jamsj-1-152)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
![Lots of Water, But Where's the Fish? (ddr-jamsj-1-333)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/58/d5/58d542fafd6f6f8a39007cabe1f12945.jpg)
![Mini fashion show (ddr-jamsj-1-457)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a8/4e/a84e20b198c37ced16974805e5245f76.jpg)
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Mini fashion show (ddr-jamsj-1-457)
A women's event being held at the Ninth Annual Landscape Gardeners Convention.
![Speech (ddr-jamsj-1-635)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d1/81/d181ba75d4e3fc3ea463c22f5c5bad37.jpg)
![Speech (ddr-jamsj-1-631)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a4/78/a47836efcd74022837015cb6518f13fc.jpg)
![SJLGA 20th Anniversary Program (ddr-jamsj-1-619)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d7/01/d701c5706dab98d2febbfaafdc0b1c7f.jpg)
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SJLGA 20th Anniversary Program (ddr-jamsj-1-619)
The 20th Anniversary Commemoration-Installation Dinner at Hyatt House.
![The front of Cabana Hotel (ddr-jamsj-1-512)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a0/45/a045e31887d8f5ebff44a10b4c67c233.jpg)