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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img Girls at Japanese dance class (ddr-densho-34-159)

Traditional Japanese dance lessons were taught to the girls in the community at the local Japanese Hall. Port Blakely is located on the southeast end of Bainbridge Island, Washington.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-159/

img Gathering seaweed on the beach (ddr-densho-34-65)

Families harvest fresh seaweed for sushi at Pleasant Beach during a social gathering. An unknown game is in progress.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-65/

img Community gathering (ddr-densho-34-9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-9/

img Bill and Jany Lore with Friends at Beach (ddr-densho-368-718)

Photograph of four people. From left to right unidentified, Bill Iino, Jany Lore, and unidentified.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-368-718/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi riding a horse (ddr-densho-426-1711)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1711/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi and two women in riding clothes (ddr-densho-426-1713)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1713/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi in riding clothes (ddr-densho-426-1902)

Inscription on back: April 1937

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1902/

img Two people riding horses (ddr-densho-426-1710)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1710/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi in riding clothes standing by fence (ddr-densho-426-1904)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1904/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi in riding clothes (ddr-densho-426-1783)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1783/

doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 8, No. 386 (June 8, 1935) (ddr-densho-96-421)

Selected article titles: "H.F. MacNair Tells Japan Conditions" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-overs" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-421/

doc Memoir: "The Ishikawa Family Who Came to America" (ddr-densho-468-96)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-96/

doc Ryo Morikawa Recollections (ddr-densho-446-349)

Autobiography: Ryo's parents, Life in San Diego, 11 months in Japan, Evacuation, Married Life

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-349/

img Mo'oheau Bandstand (ddr-densho-492-23)

Photograph of a bandstand in Mo'oheau Park with a crowd forming around it. Written in the upper left corner is "Hilo" in blue ink. Written on the back is "Mooheau Hall" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-23/