Festivals, celebrations, and holidays

Sources of Japanese American community interaction included picnics, musicals, concerts, martial arts competitions, and festivals such as Bon Odori (annual Buddhist festival commemorating ancestors).

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img Children playing a dressing game (ddr-jamsj-1-551)

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img Helen Leading Her "Choir" (ddr-jamsj-1-287)

Helen Fujishin

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img Christmas party buffet line (ddr-jamsj-1-576)

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img The Balloons Are Still Popping (ddr-jamsj-1-283)

Children Playing

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img Two girls dancing (ddr-jamsj-1-563)

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img Children playing a game (ddr-jamsj-1-552)

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img Santa giving a boy a present (ddr-jamsj-1-573)

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img Children cutting paper (ddr-jamsj-1-557)

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img Adults playing a game (ddr-jamsj-1-584)

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img John Deere parade float (ddr-densho-255-119)

John Deere parade float. Signs on the float read: "Ogden Br. Quality first. C.W. & M Co. Largest retail implement dealers in the world. John Deere. Don't you remember the C.W. & M Co. gave us credit & helped us to start over 50 years ago. Yes I remember Deere. Our daddies used them, so will …

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img "Rock drilling 1869" parade float (ddr-densho-255-101)

Parade float reading "Rock drilling 1869 The Utah Construction Co." On reverse: "Post Card."

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img Parade float covered in trees (ddr-densho-255-118)

Three people in some type of ranger's uniform sitting on a parade float covered in trees. The float riders are playing records on a turntable while sitting at a table. On reverse: "Post Card."

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img Railroad car on a parade float (ddr-densho-255-116)

A railroad car on a parade float. The side of the car says "Jupiter." On reverse: "Post Card."

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img Celebration in a park (ddr-densho-255-81)

Unidentified celebration in a park. Two children stand in the foreground. Written on reverse: "Taken May 5, 1935."

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img Campfire party (ddr-densho-259-400)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Campfire party at Hendersons."

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img Four women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-300)

Four women in kimono with flowers. Caption on front of photograph reads "[illegible, Amano, 5/7/30."

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img Four Issei "dandies" preparing for the Rose Festival (ddr-densho-259-408)

"Four young Issei dandies including [Masuo Yasui] and [Katsusaburo] Tamura, all dressed for the [Portland] Rose Festival Parade."

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img "Issei in quasi-feudal Japanese costumes" (ddr-densho-259-453)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Issei in quasi-feudal Japanese costumes. I think that this picture was taken at our Mosier farm because of the hills in the background I suspect that this was another undokai [field day/sports day]."

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img Gathering of Issei men (ddr-densho-259-445)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A gathering of a large group of Issei men, sitting and standing in a grassy meadow. There is an American flag prominently displayed and there are unidentifiable steamers on tall poles The tall bluff in the left background reminds me of what the area immediately to the west of Koberg's Beach used …

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img "Portland Japanese community's contribution to the Rose Festival parade" (ddr-densho-259-329)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This surely must have been the Portland Japanese community's contribution to the Rose Festival parade."

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img Campfire party (ddr-densho-259-401)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of young girls, apparently at a masquerade party or dressed up for Halloween. It probably was for Halloween, although generally in our early years nobody went around in costumes, much less went out trick or treating. We just went out to write on car and home windows with soap usually, but …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-401/

img Party crossing Mosier Lake on a rowboat (ddr-densho-259-132)

Caption by Masuo Yasui: "On July 20th, 1924 Oak Grove Japanese hold a picnic at Yasui Bro[ther]'s Ranch at Mosier [Lake]. A party is ready to cross." Caption by Homer Yasui: "This was an undokai (a combination picnic and field day) which was/is a classical Japanese American festivity anywhere in the U.S. Dad has caption this …

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img Group photograph of Japanese men and women with Hinomaru (ddr-densho-259-178)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another group photograph of many young Japanse women wearing semi-formal kimono. The 5-6 Japanese men are all wearing Western suits and ties. This must have been some sort of a formal celebration, because crossed Japanese flags, called Hino maru, are in the background. [Shidzuyo Yasui] is shown 4th from the right in …

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img Celebration of Tenchosetsu (ddr-densho-259-142)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Picture of the celebration of Tenchosetsu at the [Hood River] Japanese Community Hall Tenchosetsu was the formal celebration of the birthday of the Japanese emperor."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-142/

img Japanese Americans gathered for decoration day (ddr-densho-259-173)

Caption by Masuo Yasui: "In [?] front of R. G. Dicek's [?] place. Hood River, Ore. On July 17, 1924 Hood River Japanese gathered for their annual decoration day."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-173/