Sports

Sports leagues were important institutions for Japanese Americans growing up on the West Coast. Both boys and girls played basketball, baseball and other sports. The traditional Japanese martial arts of judo and kendo were practiced as well. Baseball became the primary sport for young Japanese Americans who were often prohibited from playing in the white leagues. The highly competitive games in the all-Japanese American leagues built pride and a sense of community.

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Related articles from the Densho Encyclopedia :
Joe Kobuki, Sports and recreation in camp

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img Little League baseball team (ddr-densho-114-10)

Little League All-Star Team.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-10/

img National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-9)

In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. Games like this one were played at the Seattle University Gymnasium.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-9/

img Two men and a boy carrying freshly-caught Snake River trout (ddr-densho-201-321)

Two men and a boy carrying freshly-caught Snake River trout. Caption on front: "Kay, Tsuboi-san. Kay Yamamoto, Mr. Yamamoto, Tusboi-san, Tacoma & Midway Cafe. Snake River trout."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-321/

img Soldier in front of "Sporthaus" (ddr-densho-201-188)

Soldier standing in front of a building that says "Sporthaus" ("sports house" or "sports shop") beside a sign written primarily in German designating maps and locations. Part of the Joch Pass, a mountain pass that runs through the Uri Alps in Switzerland.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-188/

img Japanese American soldier in Uri Alps, Switzerland (ddr-densho-201-185)

Japanese American soldier standing in front of a sign written primarily in German designating maps and locations. Part of the Joch Pass, a mountain pass that runs through the Uri Alps in Switzerland.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-185/

img Soldiers playing basketball (ddr-densho-201-444)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-444/

img Man holding fish and fishing pole (ddr-densho-201-338)

Caption on front: "Searun Cutthroat. Gave half of fish to Jim Shaunessy fireman & Mayor of Auburn. 1942 Frank Shaunessy Cocker Spanial gave us."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-338/

img Two girls ice skating (ddr-densho-201-426)

Caption on reverse: "Moe, NE."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-426/

img Football game (ddr-densho-201-155)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-155/

img "'Dolloff Lake' Trout" (ddr-densho-201-341)

"'Dolloff Lake' Trout. Gave half of fish to Jim Shaunessy fireman & Mayor of Auburn. 1942 Frank Shaunessy Cocker Spanial gave us."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-341/

img Man and three children at riverside (ddr-densho-201-319)

Japanese American man and three children at riverside. Caption on front: "White River Judo Picnic Lakota Beach Washington, 1928. Masao Yamashita, me, Thomas Hikida, Tatuo Yonetani."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-201-319/