Recreational activities
Japanese American communities organized group social activities such as family picnics and outings to the beach or to parks when the demands of work allowed. These activities gave hardworking families the chance to spend leisure time with their friends and neighbors.
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![Two boys on bicycles (ddr-densho-242-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5e/c8/5ec89bf79bf3aee14a5cccc96d8468c5.jpg)
![Georgia Star (ddr-densho-473-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/93/a1/93a192e964f4606baa6cc99848487d96.jpg)
![Picnic at a park (ddr-densho-16-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/68/d4/68d4ff40902168b51aed03c98075a4bf.jpg)
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Picnic at a park (ddr-densho-16-21)
Women pictured in foreground (left to right): Ayako Murakami (in sunglasses), Matsuyo Murakami, Masako Murakami.
![Two friends at a picnic (ddr-densho-16-18)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/11/e4/11e4d565cbc5739e4c34b128d700cd35.jpg)
![Mountain climbing with friends (ddr-densho-16-20)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/37/88/37882da9710b7f0e35379e9d6a0a34ed.jpg)
![Kagoshima Kenjinkai picnic (ddr-densho-20-17)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f2/9c/f29c54754ce53617b61fc2f8ac14e700.jpg)
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Kagoshima Kenjinkai picnic (ddr-densho-20-17)
This is a men's dance group. The headbands are inscribed with the Shimazu family crest.
![Grocery store owners' picnic (ddr-densho-20-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0a/58/0a58c035ba7d941a4364ec959d8fe1d2.jpg)
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Grocery store owners' picnic (ddr-densho-20-14)
Japanese American grocers and their families gathered for this picnic at Jackson Park in Seattle, Washington. The picnic included dancing. Left to right: unidentified, Marianne Okawa, May Tsutsumoto, and unidentified.
![Issei picnic (ddr-densho-20-10)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a6/58/a658c89a1b7dc1d1a27b89d4a848ad69.jpg)
![Japanese Americans on a picnic (ddr-densho-20-13)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/89/d8/89d841963de0be9e36a7b36bc6023b2a.jpg)
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Japanese Americans on a picnic (ddr-densho-20-13)
Yoshiro Okawa, center, on a picnic with his friends.
![Children seated on grass at Point Defiance Zoo (ddr-densho-18-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ad/b4/adb4b288cb89fb772af854c5824fc6b3.jpg)
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Children seated on grass at Point Defiance Zoo (ddr-densho-18-4)
Front: George Natsuhara. Back (left to right): Maryo Natsuhara, Izuru Watanabe, Kazuo Watanabe, Jack Natsuhara, and May Natsuhara.
![Man taking photographs (ddr-densho-18-94)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/64/61/6461eced59e150d31c49e8a7efa4d79c.jpg)
![Taking photographs on Mount Rainier (ddr-densho-18-89)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/09/b3/09b36bf47e1a147910362674aa8d7053.jpg)
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Taking photographs on Mount Rainier (ddr-densho-18-89)
Willie Maebori (left) and Frank Natsuhara enjoy the view from Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park.