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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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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.
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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.
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Heart Mountain High School Girls Athletic Association (ddr-ohs-1-104)
img Heart Mountain High School Girls Athletic Association (ddr-ohs-1-104)
Caption on Photo: I think that's Mickey Yabe 4th right First row. G.A.A. Dec., 1943.
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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. …
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Football Game (ddr-ohs-1-106)
img Football Game (ddr-ohs-1-106)
Caption on Photo: Heart Mountain. War Relocation Authority. Midland Savings Bldg. Denver, Colo. NO: G-191. DATE: 11/20/1943. PHOTO LOCATION: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Ht. Mt., Wyo. DATA: Real action can be expected when two of the Junior age teams tangle on the Heart Mountain gridiron. Photographer: HIKARU IWASAKI.
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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
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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.
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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 …
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8 People at Rowher (ddr-densho-556-1)
img 8 People at Rowher (ddr-densho-556-1)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Girls basketball team (ddr-densho-159-253)
img Girls basketball team (ddr-densho-159-253)
Front (L to R): Amy Miyano, Hiroko Kashiwabara, Margaret Morita, Mazie Asakawa. Back row, left: Teruko Miyano. Back row, right: Rose Morita.
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High school football game spectators (ddr-densho-159-247)
img High school football game spectators (ddr-densho-159-247)
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High school football game (ddr-densho-159-252)
img High school football game (ddr-densho-159-252)
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High school basketball team (ddr-densho-159-258)
img High school basketball team (ddr-densho-159-258)
Back (L to R): John Kashiwabara, Dag Nakatogawa, Ken Kashiwabara, Frank Gei, Cal Kitazuma, Goro Shizuru, Russel Yamaga. Front (L to R): John Mizoue, Hank Shimada, Harry Kajioka, Tosh Okumura, Jun Furuno.
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High school football game (ddr-densho-159-250)
img High school football game (ddr-densho-159-250)
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