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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vh Gladys Koshio Konishi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-manz-1-26-9)

Japanese American community activities: picnics, sports

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-26-9/

vh Midori Suzuki - Sanzui A. Takaha Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-173-7)

Childhood memories of San Francisco

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-173-7/

vh Katsumi Okamoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-24-5)

Activities as a child, participating in sports

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-24-5/

vh Tonko Doi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-chi-1-19-14)

Remembering Japanese American social clubs in Chicago

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-19-14/

vh Jane Kaihatsu Interview Segment 8 (ddr-chi-1-9-8)

Remembering community recreational activities

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-9-8/

vh Yoshio Matsumoto Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1014-1-5)

Recreational activities: hunting, deep-sea fishing

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1014-1-5/

vh Nelson Takeo Akagi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1013-2-6)

Japanese community picnics

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1013-2-6/

vh Katsugo Miho Interview III Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1022-3-4)

Attending dances in the community

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1022-3-4/

vh Katsugo Miho Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1022-2-14)

Childhood activities: games, swimming, picking fruit

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1022-2-14/

vh Rose Ito Tsunekawa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-jamsj-2-13-5)

Attending Japanese community picnics

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-13-5/

vh Lily C. Hioki Interview Segment 11 (ddr-jamsj-2-10-11)

Community sports and festivals

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-10-11/

vh James Sakamoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-jamsj-2-1-3)

Prewar community activities: picnics, theater, baseball

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-1-3/

vh Hiroshi Terry Terakawa Interview Segment 6 (ddr-jamsj-2-12-6)

Fond memories of Walnut Grove: ghost stories, baseball games

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-12-6/

vh George Nakata Interview Segment 3 (ddr-one-7-29-3)

Prewar community activities

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-29-3/

vh Yoshimitsu Suyematsu Interview Segment 8 (ddr-one-7-66-8)

Prewar recreational activities: gathering shellfish and mushrooms

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-66-8/

vh George Azumano Interview Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-32-5)

Prewar recreational activities and sports

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-32-5/

vh George Azumano Interview Segment 6 (ddr-one-7-32-6)

Attending dances

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-7-32-6/

vh Jim Hirabayashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1002-5-3)

Community life prewar: picnics, Japanese language school, church group

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life histories, instead …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-5-3/