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 Fleet Day parade (ddr-densho-109-12)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-109-12/

img Fleet Day parade (ddr-densho-109-55)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-109-55/

img Fourth of July parade (ddr-densho-128-43)

A Fourth of July parade down Second Avenue in Downtown Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-43/

img Seattle Buddhist Church parade (ddr-densho-128-49)

Parade ends at the church.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-49/

img Parade float (ddr-densho-13-47)

This Japanese Chamber of Commerce float was readied for the Potlatch parade. Front (left to right): unidentified, Mr. Sawada, Mr. Uyeminami, and Kinzo Asaba. On the float (left to right): unidentified, Teruko (last name unknown), unidentified, Mariko Mukai, Ms. Kihara, and Kazuko Itoi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-47/

img Parade float (ddr-densho-13-3)

This float was sponsored by the Japanese Fishing Tackle Dealers Association (note the list of individual dealers on the left). Left to right: Kinzo Asaba, Mr. Yamada, unidentified, unidentified, Mr. Ideta, unidentified, Chiyo Asaba, Kiyo Harada, Shuzo Asaba, and Yayeko Asaba.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-3/

img Japanese cultural program (ddr-densho-13-14)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-14/

img Seattle Buddhist Church parade (ddr-densho-128-48)

Parade ends at the Buddhist Church.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-48/

img Birthday party (ddr-densho-128-153)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-153/

img Birthday party (ddr-densho-128-154)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-154/

img Parade (ddr-densho-128-91)

This parade went down Second Avenue in Downtown Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-91/

img Parade (ddr-densho-128-90)

This parade went down Second Avenue in Downtown Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-90/

img Parade (ddr-densho-128-89)

This parade went down Second Avenue in Downtown Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-89/

img Memorial Hall opening ceremony (ddr-sbbt-4-177)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-4-177/

img Lotus Kidettes Drill Team members move in formation (ddr-sbbt-6-110)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-110/

img Shinran statue for the Gotan-e service (ddr-sbbt-6-160)

The Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple's Shinran statue for the Gotan-e service (birth of Shinran Shonin).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-160/

img Lotus Kidettes Drill Team marches in a parade (ddr-sbbt-6-96)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-96/

img Altar with Shinran statue for the Gotan-e service (ddr-sbbt-6-159)

The Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple's altar for the Gotan-e service (birth of Shinran Shonin).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-159/

img Lotus Kidettes Drill Team performs in a field (ddr-sbbt-6-109)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-109/

doc Letter from Helen Boyd to the Seattle Buddhist Church (ddr-sbbt-6-56)

A letter from Helen Boyd, Executive Director of the Seattle-King County Council Camp Fire Girls, accepting the Seattle Buddhist Church's (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) invitation to to a Welcome Banquet in honor of Lord Abbot Kosho A. Ohtani and Lady Yoshiko Ohtani.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-56/

img Fiftieth anniversary group photograph (ddr-sbbt-6-36)

Group photograph outside the Collins Field House for a 50th anniversary celebration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-36/

img Farewell dinner for Reverend Hoshin Fujii (ddr-sbbt-6-3)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-3/

doc Letter from Consul General and Mrs. Shigemi Hayashida to the Seattle Buddhist Church (ddr-sbbt-6-55)

A letter from the Consul General of Japan and his wife, Mrs. Shigemi Hayashida, accepting the Seattle Buddhist Church's (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) invitation to a Welcome Banquet in honor of Lord Abbot Kosho A. Ohtani and Lady Yoshiko Ohtani.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-55/

img Lotus Kidettes Drill Team marches in a field (ddr-sbbt-6-102)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-102/

img Lotus Kidettes Drill Team marches in a parade (ddr-sbbt-6-107)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-6-107/