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 Issei men playing a game at a community picnic (ddr-densho-13-7)

These Issei men appear to be competing over who can dress the fastest. This picnic was sponsored by either a Japanese language school or a kenjinkai.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-7/

img Children playing a game at a community picnic (ddr-densho-13-12)

This picnic was sponsored by either a Japanese language school or a kenjinkai.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-12/

img Community picnic (ddr-densho-13-5)

This is either a Japanese language school or kenjinkai picnic.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-5/

img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-14)

Joe Fujii (front) and Sadao Baba (back to camera) rowing on Long Lake. The boy in back is unidentified.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-14/

img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-17)

Left to right: Sadao Baba, Hayao Yoda, Hisaka Okamoto, and Masaharu Kuroiwa.

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img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-10)

Members of Troop 55, sponsored by the Japanese Methodist Church in Seattle, hike at Silver Creek. Left to right: Hiroshi Watanabe, Norio Mitsuoka, Bill Yorozu, Masayoshi Uchimura, and Hiroshi Kanazawa.

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img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-1)

Bill Yorozu (left) and Hiroshi Watanabe, members of Boy Scout Troop 55, hike at Mission Lake.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-1/

img Duck hunters (ddr-densho-15-30)

Takeo Dozen (left) and Norio Mitsuoka after a duck hunt.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-30/

img Boys ringing a tree (ddr-densho-15-13)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-13/

img Picnic at a park (ddr-densho-16-21)

Women pictured in foreground (left to right): Ayako Murakami (in sunglasses), Matsuyo Murakami, Masako Murakami.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-21/

img Family picnic (ddr-densho-16-23)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-23/

img Kagoshima Kenjinkai picnic (ddr-densho-20-17)

This is a men's dance group. The headbands are inscribed with the Shimazu family crest.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-20-17/

img 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.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-20-14/

img Japanese Americans on a picnic (ddr-densho-20-13)

Yoshiro Okawa, center, on a picnic with his friends.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-20-13/

img Issei picnic (ddr-densho-20-10)

Yoshiro Okawa (second from left) and friends on a picnic.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-20-10/

img Japanese American picnic (ddr-densho-25-66)

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-25-66/

img Japanese American men (ddr-densho-26-114)

Japanese American men in forest with unconcerned deer.

http://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-114/

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.

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