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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Issei and Nisei on Mount Hood, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-220)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Japanese friends in front of the old Cloud Cap Inn at Mt. Hood, at the foot of Cooper Spur."
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Nisei boys at the beach (ddr-densho-259-127)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[This is] the Columbia River beach at the [Yasui family's] Mosier farm, and Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] & Min[oru Yasui], and the 2 Kanemasu brothers, Kazuo and Wataru, are playing around in the water in their underwear."
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Men and children with hiking sticks (ddr-densho-259-41)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Toyoji Abe, Daiichi Takeoka, [Masuo Yasui], Kay, Ches and Min holding hiking sticks and posing on a very rocky field, Mt. Hood in the background it looks like the area around the old Cloud Cap Inn."
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The summit of Mount Hood, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-36)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is the picture of the cabin on the summit of Mt. Hood, with a group of 8 mountain climbers off to one side."
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Nisei children at the beach (ddr-densho-259-211)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi and Roku [Yasui] wearing bathing suits, on the Columbia River beach at the Mosier farm."
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Japanese Americans on horseback on a mountain (ddr-densho-259-184)
Japanese Americans on horseback on the Cloud Cap trailhead on Mount Hood, Oregon.
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Japanese American men (ddr-densho-26-114)
Japanese American men in forest with unconcerned deer.
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Mary and Yukie (ddr-densho-357-194)
Mary and Yukie hike on the Green Valley Falls Trail. Left to right: Mary Mitoma, Yukie Yoshioka.
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Gii and Niig (ddr-densho-357-190)
Left to right: Giichi Yoshioka and Niig Mitoma hike in Green Valley. Hanako Yoshioka's caption: "Gii's leaning post."
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Trip to Columbia River (ddr-densho-363-9)
Mary Iwamoto, Marie Hiraishi, and Kimi Kuwahara (left to right) pose in front of Columbia River.
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Gii and hikers (ddr-densho-357-196)
Giichi Yoshioka and three young boys hike the Green Valley Falls Trail. Hanako Yoshioka's caption: "On the way home from the falls."
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Walter Matsuoka sleds down a hill (ddr-densho-390-98)
Walter, probably on a school field trip, sleds down a hill.
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Family digging clams on Puget Sound (ddr-densho-39-1)
Clam digging was a favorite pastime for Seattle's Japanese American community. This is the Takakoshi family. Left to right: Fumiko, Sumijiro, Katsumi and Shizuko Takakoshi.
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Walter Matsuoka sleds down a hill (ddr-densho-390-99)
Walter, probably on a school field trip, sleds down a hill.
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Beach outing (ddr-densho-391-30)
Photograph of several families at a beaching outing on Terminal Island. Standing on the far right is Kiyoko (Maeda) Yoshioka holding a friend's child.
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Beach outing (ddr-densho-391-29)
Photograph of several families at a beaching outing on Terminal Island. Seated on the far left holding a child is Kiyoko (Maeda) Yoshioka holding her daughter Hatsuko Yoshioka.
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Kiyoko and Kimiko (ddr-densho-391-52)
Photograph of Kiyoko (Maeda) Yoshioka and Kimiko (Maeda) Ishibashi together at the beach. Kiyoko is on the left and Kimiko is on the right.
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Beach outing (ddr-densho-391-31)
Photograph of several families at a beaching outing on Terminal Island. Standing on the far right is Kiyoko (Maeda) Yoshioka holding a friend's child.
