1. Topics

Social and recreational activities

Japanese Americans found ways to fill the long days created by the enforced idleness of camp life. They made jewelry from shells found in the desert, built furniture for their rooms using scrap lumber and renovated the exteriors of their barracks. People also played cards, chess, checkers, mahjongg, and the Japanese games 'go' and 'shogi.' Camp inmates held dances, concerts, plays, and arts and crafts exhibitions. In Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, they even held a beauty contest to select the "Sweetheart of Minidoka."

World War II (283)
Concentration camps (2078)
Social and recreational activities (1262)

Related articles from the Densho Encyclopedia :
Arts and crafts in camp, Music in camp

Filters

Facilities
Format
Genre
Usage

Use <Ctrl> or (⌘) keys to select multiple terms

1262 items
Japanese Americans playing in the snow (ddr-densho-159-45)
img Japanese Americans playing in the snow (ddr-densho-159-45)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-45/
Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-222)
img Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-222)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-222/
Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-221)
img Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-221)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-221/
Japanese Americans playing in the snow (ddr-densho-159-49)
img Japanese Americans playing in the snow (ddr-densho-159-49)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-49/
Young Buddhists Association officers (ddr-densho-159-97)
img Young Buddhists Association officers (ddr-densho-159-97)
This photograph is of the new officers for 1943. Front row (center): Reverend Imamura. Second row: unknown, unknown, Alice Yamasaki, Tamaki Hatayama, unknown.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-97/
Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-226)
img Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-226)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-226/
Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-230)
img Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-230)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-230/
Amache USO (ddr-densho-159-61)
img Amache USO (ddr-densho-159-61)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-61/
Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-223)
img Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-223)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-223/
Two Japanese Americans playing cards (ddr-densho-159-231)
img Two Japanese Americans playing cards (ddr-densho-159-231)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-231/
Amache USO (ddr-densho-159-63)
img Amache USO (ddr-densho-159-63)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-63/
Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-224)
img Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-224)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-224/
Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-229)
img Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-229)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-229/
Amache USO (ddr-densho-159-62)
img Amache USO (ddr-densho-159-62)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-62/
Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-225)
img Party for silk screen shop workers (ddr-densho-159-225)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-225/
Louise Kashino Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-31-17)
vh Louise Kashino Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-31-17)
Social activities for teenagers in camp

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-31-17/
Helen Takeshita Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-471-4)
vh Helen Takeshita Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-471-4)
Memories of father making natto in camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-471-4/
Fumi Kaseguma Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-203-14)
vh Fumi Kaseguma Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-203-14)
Participating in camp choir, touring towns outside
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-203-14/
Robert Moriguchi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-515-13)
vh Robert Moriguchi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-515-13)
Childhood memories of Amache
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-515-13/
June Takahashi Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-88-25)
vh June Takahashi Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-88-25)
Dating and privacy in camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-25/
June Takahashi Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-88-24)
vh June Takahashi Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-88-24)
Camp social activities: dances
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-24/
Gene Akutsu Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-1-27)
vh Gene Akutsu Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-1-27)
Having strict parents -- even in camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-1-27/
Sam Mihara Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-516-10)
vh Sam Mihara Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-516-10)
Passing the time in camp as a child
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-516-10/
Shig Yabu Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-272-17)
vh Shig Yabu Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-272-17)
Leaving camp to go hiking

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-densho-1000-272-17/
Marjorie Matsushita Sperling Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-273-18)
vh Marjorie Matsushita Sperling Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-273-18)
Working for the recreation department, planning activities for kids

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 …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-273-18/
API