Holidays and festivals
Striving to maintain normal lives, Japanese Americans held holiday celebrations and festivals inside the concentration camps. Whether decorating mess halls during the Christmas holiday as part of a camp-wide competition or participating in parades to celebrate the harvest of crops from their own gardens, the Japanese Americans demonstrated their resourcefulness and resilience.
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![Nobu Suzuki Interview I Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-84-36)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5c/95/5c953f57908dda1e5d11469b5084cbbe.jpg)
References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.
![Tsuguo](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f6/be/f6be60ce1d573cd1780a88daa982e429.jpg)
As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.
![Yukiko Miyake Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-49-30)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/db/70/db70961ad447ae0e6c0c689f78157642.jpg)
![Jun Dairiki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-326-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/97/6b/976bd6edd6a95376ed78ab7bf12ab9fa.jpg)
![Gene Akutsu Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-1-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/30/8a/308a1658e52d84e4dcf526cb0b801aa1.jpg)
![Fumiko Uyeda Groves Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-10-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ee/c5/eec52662fafb9d574070bd7c32e22dad.jpg)
![Fumiko Uyeda Groves Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-10-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ee/c5/eec52662fafb9d574070bd7c32e22dad.jpg)
![Dotti Yasuko Tagawa Reisbord Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-509-9)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0a/b6/0ab6eb6d858051e761f4a5d0703447f0.jpg)
![Seichi Hayashida Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-14-26)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/bb/79/bb7935d432554e926fb2433ac3e79a19.jpg)
![Kunio Otani Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-75-15)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0b/a3/0ba3aa0bb586eaefba2fd571a60b5971.jpg)
![Massie Hinatsu Interview Segment 16 (ddr-manz-1-100-16)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7d/02/7d02e0c123c9f44b494a0c70a4bad618.jpg)
![Mary Suzuki Ichino Interview II Segment 11 (ddr-manz-1-52-11)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ed/dd/edddf2f6bfecdecf0387dd8f0a2a8d8e.jpg)
![Kazuko Miyoshi - Yasuko Miyoshi Iseri Interview Segment 14 (ddr-manz-1-134-14)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/bb/4f/bb4f4bcca874ebbb85f394524cd1e0b2.jpg)
![Dennis Bambauer Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-1-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e7/06/e7068445182ea154d09b490ab7389aac.jpg)
![Richard M. Murakami Interview Segment 8 (ddr-manz-1-161-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2b/6f/2b6f6fb1a8343fa33eaba9d89f1bbf20.jpg)
![Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview I Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1005-1-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f0/9d/f09d0d0127c0b0ed69dbd24233d36022.jpg)
Eiichi Edward Sakauye shot footage of the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, from 1943-1945, on 8 mm film. This interview is of Mr. Sakauye providing voice-over descriptions for his original footage.
![Eiichi Edward Sakauye Interview I Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1005-1-22)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f0/9d/f09d0d0127c0b0ed69dbd24233d36022.jpg)
Eiichi Edward Sakauye shot footage of the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, from 1943-1945, on 8 mm film. This interview is of Mr. Sakauye providing voice-over descriptions for his original footage.
![George Nakata Interview Segment 20 (ddr-one-7-29-20)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2c/22/2c22fc98ceb4a93de8f41bd48320a5f0.jpg)
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
![Kara Kondo Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-139-32)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fc/68/fc680bc51ec8fa9591ef0eac13734f3c.jpg)
![Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-39)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a8/cd/a8cd39009f0cc5117a9f158f1cc18713.jpg)
![Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6c/57/6c57958ffa49e61d5986b5d5f0676425.jpg)
![Letter from Martha Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-32)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e6/f7/e6f7192877aacb3522919e9161770af2.jpg)
![Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-21)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/91/ec/91ec4e177bf79d74740bfa413e21890f.jpg)
![Letter from Amy Morooka to Violet Sell (ddr-densho-457-22)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/0a/8f/0a8ff76325803747ea9570fbc8a9d487.jpg)