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 Aerial view of Fairbanks, Alaska (ddr-densho-359-1564)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1564/

img Holiday card (ddr-densho-359-1497)

Card says "Rev. and Mrs. H.W. Harshman"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1497/

img Crowd walking (ddr-densho-359-935)

A crowd walking beneath a banner of United States and Japanese flags. Some members of the crowd are wearing kimonos and straw hats. This even could possibly be for Obon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-935/

img Birthday party (ddr-densho-359-1235)

Pam Okano stands with other children behind her birthday cake. 1st row, left to right: Dwight Sakuma, Pam Okano, Ron Nakata, Glen Nakata; 2nd row: Pauline Louie, Olivia Omoto, John Louie

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1235/

img Okano family 1940s photo album (ddr-densho-359-1298)

Phillip and Alice Okano's first family photograph album. The album begins with their wedding and their honeymoon and moves through the war years and their time in Idaho and into the post-war years.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1298/

img Family birthday party (ddr-densho-359-216)

Alice Kawamoto poses with two other young women, Sadako Nakata and Fumiko Hayashida, at Don Nakata's 4th birthday party.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-216/

img Costume festival (ddr-densho-359-57)

A group photograph of school age boys in costume. Costumes include Charlie Chaplin, samurai, explorer, nurse, and doctor. Masaru Okano lived in Japan from 1923-1933.

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img Family birthday party (ddr-densho-359-215)

A group photograph at Don Nakata's 4th birtday party. Pictured from back to front and left to right: Nobuko Hayashida, Yasuko Hayashida, Shigeko Kitamoto, Hideko Kitamoto, Pauline Nakata, Fumiko Hayashida, Miyeko Nishi, Alice Kawamoto, Hisako Hayashida, Kenji Nakata, Yuriko Kitamoto, Tomiko Hayashida, Bobby Nishi

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-215/

img Holiday card (ddr-densho-359-1565)

A Christmas card from the Iwasa family with Ralph and Lynn Iwasa

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1565/

img Family birthday party (ddr-densho-359-217)

A group of young people. From left to right: Alice Kawamoto, Fumiko Hayashida, Toshiko Hayashida, Sadako Nakata, Yaeko Yamashita, Jitsuzo Nakata, and Kenji Nakata.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-217/

img Easter Sunday (ddr-densho-359-1672)

From left to right: Phil and Alice Okano, Jeanette and Eddie Otsuka on Easter Sunday 1948

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1672/

img Wedding anniversary (ddr-densho-359-1296)

Itsuno and Kaichi Kawamoto celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Ray and Joe Kawamoto are to the right.

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img Holiday card (ddr-densho-359-1560)

A holiday card from Dr and Mrs. K Iwasa and their boys Ralph and Lynn.

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img Costume festival (ddr-densho-359-56)

A line of students in costume including samurai and owls. Masaru Okano lived in Japan from 1923-1933.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-56/

img Holiday card (ddr-densho-359-1658)

The card is signed "Seasons Greeting [illegible] + Children".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1658/

img Festival (ddr-densho-359-53)

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img Holiday card (ddr-densho-359-1566)

A Christmas card from the Que Chins. Que Chin was a professional photographer in Seattle; his wife, Natsuko, was a nurse who joined the Bainbridge Island Nisei in Seattle on their train to Manzanar

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1566/

img Christmas card (ddr-densho-359-436)

A Christmas card from the Que Chins. Que Chin and Catherine Chin

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-436/

img Holiday card (ddr-densho-359-1659)

A holiday card from Dr and Mrs. K Iwasa and their boys Ralph and Lynn.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1659/

img Vehicle and JACL float (ddr-densho-475-630)

Black and white double photograph. On the left side is a vehicle carrying several men. On the right side is a Japanese American Citizen's League float, which includes a floral cross.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-630/

doc Frank Miwa Christmas card (ddr-densho-475-759)

Holiday greeting card with a sepia tinted photo of a Spanish-style building that reads: "Season's Greetings [illustration of holly] Frank Miwa"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-759/

img Majorette (ddr-densho-475-645)

Black and white photograph of a majorette performing during a parade.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-645/

img JACL float (ddr-densho-475-633)

Black and white photograph of a shield-shaped crest attached to the front of the float that reads: JACL N.C.D.C. (Japanese American Citizen's League Northern Califonia District Council)

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img JACL float (ddr-densho-475-632)

Black and white photograph of children and a nun standing on the Japanese American Citizen's League float.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-632/

img Horses and carriage (ddr-densho-475-111)

Black and white negative of four horses pulling a wagon in a parade

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-111/