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).

Community activities (1965)
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doc Mother's Day card (ddr-densho-540-17)

Card from K. Tada addressed to G. Tada sent through V-mail.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-17/

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/

img Men in sack race (ddr-densho-293-82)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-293-82/

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

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

img Hisako Migita from Yakima, Washington is dressed for Shichi-Go-San Ceremony (ddr-densho-293-200)

Shichi-Go-San is a traditional Japanese rite of passage and festival day for three- and seven-year-old girls, five-year-old and sometimes three-year-old boys, held annually on November 15 to celebrate the growth and well-being of young children.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-293-200/

img Girls dressed for Chigo procession with two women (ddr-densho-293-113)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-293-113/

img Parade float with banner "Local Japanese" (ddr-densho-293-80)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-293-80/

img Girls dressed for Chigo procession (ddr-densho-293-114)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-293-114/

img Four girls dressed for Chiga procession (ddr-densho-293-206)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-293-206/

doc Letter from Florinda Huang to Miss Fujii (ddr-densho-433-68)

Florinda Huang thanks Kimiko Fujii for her participation in the Clay Street YMCA's flower festival.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-68/

doc Holiday card (ddr-densho-433-821)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-821/

doc Topaz High School reunion speech draft notes (ddr-densho-433-1266)

Kimiko Fujii's draft notes for a speech at a Topaz High School Reunion. She lists an overview of the government's concentration camps, her parents' lives, and her own life.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-1266/