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Social and recreational activities

Despite deplorable living conditions at the "assembly centers," camp inmates tried to make the best of it by organizing various social and recreational activities. Japanese Americans participated in dances and musical groups; sports and gardening were also popular.

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Young Japanese Americans gathering outside barracks (ddr-densho-151-253)
img Young Japanese Americans gathering outside barracks (ddr-densho-151-253)
Original caption: Stockton, California. Young persons of Japanese ancestry, second and third generation Americans. They have been in camp about a week, where there is little for them to do as yet. The sun is very hot. The oldest of these boys has been studying this morning. The book that he carries is a text on …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-253/
Japanese Americans playing basketball (ddr-densho-151-464)
img Japanese Americans playing basketball (ddr-densho-151-464)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Evacuee boys in the foreground are playing basket-ball. This is one of eight recreation centers which are distributed about the assembly center. One of the barrack buildings is, in each case, set apart for games and recreation under the Recreation program administered by a Wartime Civil Control Administration official with college …
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Japanese Americans carving wood (ddr-densho-151-338)
img Japanese Americans carving wood (ddr-densho-151-338)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Father and son while away the hours carving small wooden animals for the children in front of their home in the barracks. They have been living at the Assembly center for approximately two weeks.
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Japanese Americans working in garden (ddr-densho-151-340)
img Japanese Americans working in garden (ddr-densho-151-340)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Mrs. Fujita and her neighbor inspecting the tiny vegetable garden she has planted in front of their barracks.
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Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 64 (ddr-densho-1000-135-64)
vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 64 (ddr-densho-1000-135-64)
Joe's more pleasant memories as a child in Puyallup
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-135-64/
Ed Tsutakawa Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-196-16)
vh Ed Tsutakawa Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-196-16)
Activities at Puyallup Assembly Center: making signs

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-196-16/
Gene Akutsu Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-1-26)
vh Gene Akutsu Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-1-26)
Teenage social life in Puyallup Assembly Center
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Shiz Inaba Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-538-10)
vh Shiz Inaba Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-538-10)
Joining the Girl Scouts in Minidoka
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Hal Keimi Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-458-6)
vh Hal Keimi Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-458-6)
Activities at Santa Anita: sports and talent shows
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Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-107-17)
vh Frank Yamasaki Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-107-17)
Memories of assembly center: dances, friends
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-107-17/
Cookie Takeshita Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-465-13)
vh Cookie Takeshita Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-465-13)
A close group of friends in camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-465-13/
Mary Hirata Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-22-15)
vh Mary Hirata Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-22-15)
Activities of the younger children in the Puyallup Assembly Center
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-451-8)
vh Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-451-8)
Passing the time at the Tulare Assembly Center: organizing a carnival
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Victor Ikeda Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-487-11)
vh Victor Ikeda Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-487-11)
The formation of a close-knit group of friends in camp
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Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-477-9)
vh Noboru Kamibayashi Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-477-9)
Recreational activities: going on excursions outside of camp
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Bob Fuchigami Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-28-16)
vh Bob Fuchigami Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-28-16)
Recreational activities and sports in camp
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Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1013-7-15)
vh Norman I. Hirose Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1013-7-15)
Social activities in camp: Fourth of July celebration, talent shows
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Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-165-13)
vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-165-13)
Memories of the Arboga, or Marysville Assembly Center: participating in activities
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-13/
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