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 Japanese American men and children picnicking (ddr-densho-255-147)

Unidentified Japanese American and children picnicking.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-255-147/

img Man outside hot springs (ddr-densho-255-107)

Japanese man standing outside an onsen (hot springs). Sign in Japanese reads "Tamanoyu."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-255-107/

img Staff photo at bowling alley (ddr-densho-506-69)

Staff group photo at a bowling alley.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-506-69/

img Trip to Columbia River (ddr-densho-363-9)

Mary Iwamoto, Marie Hiraishi, and Kimi Kuwahara (left to right) pose in front of Columbia River.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-9/

img Summer hike (ddr-densho-363-11)

A group poses for a photograph on a summer hike from Heart Mountain. Front row (left to right): Asano Marutama, Kiyo, Kimiko, Nancy Oyama, Hatsuye Shimizu; Back row: Mr. Yamamoto, Kimi Kuwahara, Tomi Ichida, Toshiko

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-363-11/

img Four women sitting on a lawn (ddr-densho-353-415)

Captioned: "Taking the air at Crystal Springs."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-415/

img A ladies' foot race (ddr-densho-353-233)

Fourth of July festivities at Lincoln Park Beach.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-233/

img Hatsekunai picnic (ddr-densho-353-225)

Captioned: The Hatsekunai dance group enjoying a picnic with friends and family."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-225/

img A group of women and children in a park (ddr-densho-353-230)

Captioned: "Carefree summer days."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-230/

img Mrs. Fujikoge at Lincoln Beach (ddr-densho-353-242)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-242/

img A group of Furuya Company employees (ddr-densho-353-147)

Furuya employees had a once-a-year company outing to the Furuya Resort House at Crystal Springs on Bainbridge Island.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-147/

img Ladies' race in the park (ddr-densho-353-238)

Captioned: "Enjoying a summer day at the park." A note on the back reads: "lighting a candle in a lantern."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-238/

img Group of children on a log (ddr-densho-353-240)

Captioned: "Water play at Green Lake."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-240/

img Issei visit to Yellowstone (ddr-densho-153-3)

Yasutaro Matsushita and friends' visit by car to the newly opened Yellowstone National Park.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-3/

img Father digging clams with children (ddr-densho-353-239)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-239/

img Outdoor choral concert (ddr-densho-329-726)

A chorus of ten or twelve people cluster in a semi-circle while others recline nearby to listen, in a woodland setting. Likely the Saturday weekly choral group described in Kan's letter ddr-densho-329-872, written in the early days of his fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-726/

img Outdoor chamber music gathering (ddr-densho-329-723)

A string quartet plays outdoors among trees and boulders while an informal audience reclines to listen. Very likely taken during Kan's fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939 as described in Kan's letter ddr-densho-329-872. Also seen as a print in object ddr-densho-329-835.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-723/

doc Letter from Koby to Kim Fujii (ddr-densho-433-2)

Koby, who refers to himself as "Jerk" and "Jerk Extraordinary," writes to Kim Fujii about her first semester at Brigham Young University, not remembering Frank, and his "favorite topic - women."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-2/

doc Letter from Kaizu to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-14)

Kaizu updates Kimi Fujii on her new living arrangements, expresses surprise that Kimi is drinking and smoking, and writes about her new job.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-14/

doc Letter from Koby to Kim Fujii (ddr-densho-433-9)

Koby, who refers to himself "the jerk" and "Joe College," writes to Kim Fujii about complaints he has about a woman he calls "the ship," his recreational activities, a recent date he went on, and his draft status.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-9/