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 Parade/march (ddr-densho-471-145)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-471-145/

img Christmas portrait (ddr-densho-359-1248)

Kaichi and Itsuno Kawamoto pose with one of their grandchildren, Ray Kawamoto, in front of a Christmas tree.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1248/

img Boy poses with Jack o' latern (ddr-densho-359-1550)

Ray Kawamoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1550/

img Woman in kimono (ddr-densho-359-402)

Woman in kimono next to bonsai

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-402/

img Holiday celebrations (ddr-densho-359-1179)

Roy Otsuka is sitting at the end of the table; Shizu and Sho Kanogawa are standing to the right of him, Ichino Otsuka is sitting second from right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1179/

img Holiday celebrations (ddr-densho-359-1178)

Ichino Otsuka is in front of the TV toward the back, Roy and Kimiko Otsuka are to the right of her.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1178/

img Birthday party (ddr-densho-359-1236)

Ron Nakata birthday party. The caption written on the back of the photograph is "Ronnie's birthday June 17, 1956". Left to right: Glen Nakata (in hat), Pam Okano, Dan Nakata (in back), 3 unidentified children with balloons, Ron Nakata (with balloon in front), two unidentified boys, Carole Koura, Larry Nakata

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1236/

img Man in clearing (ddr-densho-359-938)

A man dressed in a kimono stands in a clearing surrounded by other community members.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-938/

img Parade (ddr-densho-359-909)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-909/

img Woman in kimono (ddr-densho-359-1070)

A woman in a kimono poses in front of a table of bonsai trees.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1070/

img Holiday card (ddr-densho-359-1496)

Card says "The Bob Prices"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1496/

img Boy poses with Jack o' latern (ddr-densho-359-1276)

Ray Kawamoto poses with his Jack o' lantern and his dog.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1276/

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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-57/

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/