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 Four Issei "dandies" preparing for the Rose Festival (ddr-densho-259-42)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Four young Issei dandies, all dressed up in what appears to be Rose Festival attire It appears to have been taken in front of the old Japanese Methodist Mission which was located in Northeast Portland. [Masuo Yasui] and Katsusaburo Tamura, both of whom are pictured, stayed at this mission, possibly at the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-42/

img Issei men preparing for Portland's Rose Festival (ddr-densho-259-138)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo Yasui] and Katsusaburo Tamura, dressed in all-white clothing They must have been so dressed because they were going to take part in Portland's first Rose Festival parade." Photograph taken outside the Portland Japanese Methodist Mission.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-138/

img Fourth of July parade (ddr-densho-259-449)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another view of the Fourth of July parade, 1914, passing by the First National Bank, Hood River, Oregon."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-449/

img Governor James Withycombe and Queen Sybil Baker in the Portland Rose Festival (ddr-densho-259-275)

Governor James Withycombe and "Queen Sybil" (Sybil Baker) in the Portland Rose Festival Parade.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-275/

img Tenchosetsu celebration (ddr-densho-259-444)

Gathering of Issei for the celebration of Tenchosetsu, a day to pray for the long life of the emperor and a celebration of Emperor Taisho's birthday.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-444/

img Loving cup award being presented (ddr-densho-259-342)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo Yasui] received a loving cup [the 'Silver Loving Cup' award] presented by the Hood River Japanese community in appreciation for services rendered."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-342/

img Japanese American women and children (ddr-densho-259-189)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large group of Hood River Issei women and their many, many children, but with no men present In an associated picture [Masuo Yasui] had written that this was a gathering of the Hood River Japanese in front of the R.G. Dieck's [Dicek's] place for their annual Decoration Day."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-189/

img Christmas pageant at Japanese Community Hall (ddr-densho-259-179)

Caption in Japanese at top of photograph: "Iwa Kurisumasu [Christmas celebration]." Caption by Homer Yasui: "A Christmas pageant which was performed by the Nisei members of the Hood River Japanese Methodist Church The girl second left looks like Mika Asai to mel and it might have been Jessie Iwatsuki holding the star on the stick. I …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-179/

img Issei men in Rose Festival attire (ddr-densho-259-411)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Masuo Yasui and Katsusaburo Tamura, in their Rose Festival clothing, standing in front of the Japanese Methodist Mission in Portland."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-411/

img Golden Jubilee dance pamphlet (ddr-densho-26-283)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-26-283/

img The "Local Japanese" float in a parade (ddr-densho-293-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-293-11/

img Mae Hara and Rae Yoshioka at World's Fair (ddr-densho-308-5)

Mae (Kanazawa) Hara spent three years (1932-1935) in Chicago to attend college and study music. During the summer of 1933, Chicago hosted the World's Fair. Hara and her cousin, Rae Yoshioka, worked at the Japanese Pavilion. During the opening ceremonies both girls wore kimonos and served as ushers. Hara also sang in a 5,000 voice choir …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-308-5/

doc Christmas card (ddr-densho-316-8)

Caption on front: "Best Christmas / Wishes and / Happiness throughout / the Year. / Ralph and Eleanor Smith."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-316-8/

doc Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy (ddr-densho-319-54)

Request for a gallon of Kokuho rice and a bottle of Hakutsuru sake.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-319-54/

img A young girl with Santa Claus (ddr-densho-321-1088)

Caption in album: "Renie 1951 / 1 1/2 yr. old."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-1088/

doc Holiday card (ddr-densho-321-1331)

Caption: "Merry Christmas / Happy New Year / Jim, Carolyn, Mary Jo, & Jill Beck[?] / What do you think of the thund- / ering hard now - By the way you / owe one letter."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-1331/