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Sports

Sports were a major form of recreation for the Issei and Nisei in the camps. Baseball became the preferred sport for both, although basketball and football were also popular among the Nisei. Organized teams, often consisting of friends from prewar neighborhoods, played each other in highly competitive matches. Other sports, like ping-pong, judo, boxing, badminton, and sumo wrestling were also popular pastimes.

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Judo Kata (ddr-ohs-1-94)
img Judo Kata (ddr-ohs-1-94)
Caption on Photo: Heart Mt. Judo Kata with Nishihara-sensei
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-94/
Hollywood Judo Dojo (ddr-ohs-1-81)
img Hollywood Judo Dojo (ddr-ohs-1-81)
Photo includes ID sheet identifying some of the people in the photograph including Rayko Yabe. Caption on ID sheet: Identification, in part, by Miyuki Yabe Yasui and Takashi Hoshizaki. August & September 2014.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-81/
Girls Athletic Association (ddr-ohs-1-85)
img Girls Athletic Association (ddr-ohs-1-85)
Caption on Photo: Girls Athletic Assoc of Heart Mt. High School 1944. Rayko Yabe is second left, First row. Miyuki Yabe is 4th left, Second row.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-85/
Basketball Against Powell (ddr-ohs-1-109)
img Basketball Against Powell (ddr-ohs-1-109)
Caption on Photo: War Relocation Authority. Midland Savings Bldg. Denver, Colo. NO: I-138. DATE: 3/18/1944. PHOTO LOCATION: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Ht. Mt., Wyo. DATA: A hotly contested Interscholastic Basketball game between the Heart Mountain and Powell High School girls team took place at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center on March 18. The Heart Mountain girls …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-109/
Girl Exercising (ddr-ohs-1-107)
img Girl Exercising (ddr-ohs-1-107)
Caption on Photo: War Relocation Authority. Midland Savings Bldg. Denver, Colo. NO: G-195. DATE: 11/17/1943. PHOTO LOCATION: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Ht. Mt., Wyo. DATA: Keeping a trim figure is a chief concern of any young American girl. Regardless of ancestry. This scene, in the Heart Mountain gymnasium, shows a group of young evacuees keeping fit. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-107/
Gym Class (ddr-ohs-1-96)
img Gym Class (ddr-ohs-1-96)
Caption on Photo: Heart Mt. Gym Class
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Basketball Team (ddr-ohs-1-98)
img Basketball Team (ddr-ohs-1-98)
Caption on Photo: Heart Mt. Hi Basketball Team
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-98/
Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-57)
doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-57)
Excerpt: "Sorry I haven't written in such a long time, but since I am involved in school politics along with 5 solids, it keeps me pretty well occupied." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-57/
Tule Lake Directory and Camp News (ddr-densho-520-1)
doc Tule Lake Directory and Camp News (ddr-densho-520-1)
A book complied by Harry Inukai and published in May 1988. It includes a directory of Tule Lake concentration camp between May 1942 through September 1943 including barrack addresses. The second half of the book includes camp news in the following categories: Shows and Entertainment, Social Highlights, Vital Statistics, Departures, Arrivals and Transfers, Service News, Farm …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-520-1/
8 People at Rowher (ddr-densho-556-1)
img 8 People at Rowher (ddr-densho-556-1)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-556-1/
Kimiko Fujii at physical education class (ddr-densho-433-992)
img Kimiko Fujii at physical education class (ddr-densho-433-992)
Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Physical Education.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-992/
Woman from a physical education class (ddr-densho-433-994)
img Woman from a physical education class (ddr-densho-433-994)
Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Physical Education.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-994/
Woman from a physical education class (ddr-densho-433-991)
img Woman from a physical education class (ddr-densho-433-991)
Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Physical Education.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-991/
Portrait of a physical education teacher (ddr-densho-433-995)
img Portrait of a physical education teacher (ddr-densho-433-995)
Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Physical Education.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-995/
Physical education staff and student (ddr-densho-433-996)
img Physical education staff and student (ddr-densho-433-996)
Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Physical Education.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-996/
Three women at physical education class (ddr-densho-433-990)
img Three women at physical education class (ddr-densho-433-990)
Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Physical Education. Kimiko Fujii is on the right holding a basketball.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-990/
Woman from a physical education class (ddr-densho-433-993)
img Woman from a physical education class (ddr-densho-433-993)
Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Physical Education.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-993/
Memoirs 1945 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-50)
doc Memoirs 1945 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-50)
Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. Student signatures are included throughout the book.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-50/
Lordsburg Times number 23 (ddr-densho-536-24)
doc Lordsburg Times number 23 (ddr-densho-536-24)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-536-24/
Lordsburg Times issue (ddr-densho-536-33)
doc Lordsburg Times issue (ddr-densho-536-33)
Likely issue number 35 or 36.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-536-33/
Memoirs 1944 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-49)
doc Memoirs 1944 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-49)
Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. Student signatures are included throughout the book.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-49/
Memoirs 1943 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-48)
doc Memoirs 1943 - Minidoka High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-48)
Yearbook for the Minidoka High School, property of Starr Urakawa. The school included grades 8-12. Individual students are photographed in senior portraits or class photos. Student activities are represented, including student labor/work experience program ("part-time workers"), May Day royalty, and sports. Student signatures are included throughout the book.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-48/
The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 2 (March 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-7)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 2 (March 16, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-7)
Selected article titles: "Mar. 20 Life Mag. to Have Center Story" (p. 1), "Farm Program Drafted-Jarret: Two Unit Farm Plan Covers 1252 Acres" (p. 2), "3 Day Event Slated: Centerwide Program to Be at Auditorium" (p. 3), and "Spain Counsul Does Not Act for Nisei" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-7/
The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 1 (March 9, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-6)
doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 1 (March 9, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-6)
Selected article titles: "Extravagant Use of Rice Must Be Curtailed - Hayward" (p. 1), "74 Come from Poston Center" (p. 1), and "Myer Refutes Manzanar Rumor on Expatriation" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-6/
The Tule Lake WRA Center Information Bulletin (March 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-5)
doc The Tule Lake WRA Center Information Bulletin (March 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-5)
Selected article titles: "Population Swells to 16,797 with Arrival of Manzanites" (p. 1), "Warrants Given to Five Nisei Granada Boys" (p. 1), and "Postonian Is Arrested for Sedition" (p. 4).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-5/
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