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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Sports (358)

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

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img Child caught a fish (ddr-jamsj-1-521)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-521/

img SJLGA bowling (ddr-jamsj-1-425)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-425/

img "Tokyo" baseball team (ddr-densho-255-175)

Japanese or Japanese American baseball team with "Tokyo" printed on their uniforms.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-255-175/

img "Who Won?" (ddr-jamsj-1-335)

Perch Derby at Rio Del Mar Beach

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-335/

img SJLGA bowling (ddr-jamsj-1-418)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-418/

img Winner in the Adult's division (ddr-jamsj-1-604)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-604/

img Just Lucky!! Wait Till Next Year! (ddr-jamsj-1-339)

Perch Derby at Rio Del Mar Beach

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-339/

img Oh, Oh, This Game Must Be Boring! (ddr-jamsj-1-203)

Bowling

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-203/

img N.C.L.G.A Bowling League Members (ddr-jamsj-1-237)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-237/

img Cleaning the catch (ddr-jamsj-1-522)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-522/

img N.C.F.G Meeting at Fourth Street Bowl, San Jose (ddr-jamsj-1-340)

Group Dinner

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-340/

img Nisei man with tennis racquet (ddr-densho-259-420)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] holding a tennis racquet behind his arms. This surely must have been taken at the dirt tennis court which had been built at the old Japanese Community Hall."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-420/

img Nikkei man holding fish (ddr-densho-259-428)

Unidentified Nikkei man holding fish in front of an automobile.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-428/

img Nikkei man holding fish (ddr-densho-259-424)

Nikkei man holding fish, probably Teruo Tsuboi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-424/

img Picnic at Columbia River Beach (ddr-densho-259-128)

Caption by Masuo Yasui: "There gathered together some over 200 men, women and children at Columbia River Beach for Picnic on July 20th, 1924." Caption by Homer Yasui: "This was undoubtedly taken at one of the Hood River Undokai ['Sports Day']."

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img Undokai picnic and field day (ddr-densho-259-362)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This was the familiar undokai--a combination picnic and field day--which almost every Nikkei community all over the United States held in the summertime for their people. This photo shows maybe half of the Japanese from Hood River Valley, and it was taken at the Yasui Mosier ranch."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-362/