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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doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Yuki Kamayatsu (ddr-densho-356-304)

Christmas card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yuki Kamayatsu. Inside the card is a message to Yuri about life in Denver and a plan to see each other soon. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-304/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Enoch and Margaret Dumas (ddr-densho-356-305)

Christmas card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Margaret Dumas with a message on the back answering some question left from Yuriko's stay at the Dumas's. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-305/

img Arts and crafts festival (ddr-densho-37-504)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Evacuee residents at the Granada Relocation Center, viewing exhibits at the Arts and Crafts Festival in Terry Hall, March 6th to 8th. This festival was sponsored by the Education Division and the "Pioneer," the center newspaper.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-504/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Ilona Imamura (ddr-densho-356-307)

Christmas card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Ilona Imamura. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-307/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Min Yonekura (ddr-densho-356-373)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Minoru Yonekura in which Min writes his hope for the new year, how he celebrated Christmas, and possible plans to move to Seattle. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-373/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto and Wakako Domoto from Emi (ddr-densho-356-309)

Christmas card to Yuri Domoto and Wakako Domoto from Emi. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-309/

doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-356-275)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Wakako Domoto in which she details issues finding housing in Berkeley due to racism, the politics at her office surrounding the quitting of a supervisor and the hiring of a replacement, and some local gossip from their hometown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-275/

doc Letter to Yuri Domoto from Yoshito Shibata (ddr-densho-356-233)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Yoshito Shibata that includes a menu from Camp Savage's Christmas dinner. In the letter Yoshito writes about his happiness that the Christmas celebrations Yuri described in her last letter were joyful. He also writes about the gifts he mailed her, the gifts soldiers at Camp Savage received, wanting to carbon …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-233/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto (ddr-densho-356-371)

Christmas card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-371/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Mr. & Mrs. James Ota (ddr-densho-356-306)

Christmas card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mr. & Mrs. James T. Ota. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-306/

doc Draft of letter to Yoshito Shibata from Yuri Domoto (ddr-densho-356-250)

Draft of a letter to Yoshito Shibata from Yuri Domoto Tsukada in which she talks about the dusty weather at Amache, the pain of evacuation, her family's joy at hearing from him, and notification of the birth of a nephew.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-250/

doc Easter Service Program (ddr-densho-356-815)

Program for Easter Service at the Granada Christian Church on April 25, 1943.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-815/

doc Invitation (ddr-densho-356-308)

Invitation to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada to attend a Christmas Candlelight Ceremonial. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-308/

doc Christmas Card to Yuri Domoto from Lorenne Pitts (ddr-densho-356-369)

Christmas card with a handwritten note to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Lorenne Pitts in which Lorenne provide information about mutual friends. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-369/

img Japanese Americans sorting Christmas presents (ddr-densho-37-678)

Original WRA caption: Santa's Helpers - Through kind donations from thoughtful friends all over the United States, a happy and merry Christmas will be possible for the children of Hunt. Thousands of presents have been sent in day after day, swamping Rec. 21 and overflowing the Federated Christian church office.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-678/

img Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-37-12)

Original WRA caption: "Block 1 dining hall." Block residents cleverly decorated their dining halls with waste material for Christmas. The blocks were judged for their decorations and ingenuity.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-12/

img Camp Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-37-13)

Original WRA caption: "Block 13." Block residents cleverly decorated their dining halls with waste material for Christmas. The blocks were judged for their decorations and ingenuity.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-13/

img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-72)

Original WRA caption: This float in the Harvest Festival consisted of garden produce from the farm at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-72/

img Mess hall at Christmas (ddr-densho-37-1296)

Included annotation: F-303, Mess hall, Christmas.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1296/

img Japanese Americans sorting Christmas gifts (ddr-densho-37-7)

Original WRA caption: SANTA'S HELPERS -- Through kind donations from thoughtful friends all over the United States, a happy and merry Christmas will be possible for the children of Hunt. Thousands of presents have been sent in day after day, swamping Rec. 21 and overflowing the Federated Christian Church office.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-7/

img Christmas tree in a mess hall (ddr-densho-37-1298)

Included annotation: F-305, Christmas Mess Hall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1298/

img Christmas decoration contest (ddr-densho-37-14)

Original WRA caption: Block 36 saw favor in the judges' eyes for fifth place in the Christmas dining hall decorations contest, by its homey atmosphere and clever decorations made out of waste material.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-14/

img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-71)

Original WRA caption: Farm workers who participated in the Harvest Festival Parade held at this relocation center. Their hats were fashioned from turnips.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-71/

img Sumo umpire and miniature wrestler at July 4th parade (ddr-densho-37-1603)

Included annotation: L-605, July 4th Program, Sumo Umpire and miniature wrestler, Harry Tanaka and son.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1603/

img Harvest festival queen and attendants at a ball (ddr-densho-37-1215)

Included annotation: P-207, Harvest Festival Canal, Coronation, Queen erected Kata Yasumoto and attendants, Ball.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1215/