Camp pilgrimages

Annual pilgrimages to the sites of former camps have become important events in the Japanese American community. They are an opportunity for former camp inmates to visit places that dramatically affected their lives, as well as a way for younger generations to learn the history of the Japanese American incarceration. Often the pilgrimages last for a few days and include workshops, tours of the former campsites, and memorial services to honor those who died while incarcerated.

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Related articles from the Densho Encyclopedia :
Camp pilgrimages, Sue Kunitomi Embrey, Warren Furutani

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doc Topaz Reunion booklet (ddr-densho-392-83)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-83/

doc 40th Topaz Reunion booklet (ddr-densho-392-69)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-69/

img Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-394-47)

Front and back of a photo album or scrapbook page.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-394-47/

doc Flyer from Minidoka Internment National Monument (ddr-densho-408-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-408-11/

doc The First Rohwer Reunion (ddr-densho-379-402)

Program from the First Rohwer Reunion held on July 20 & 21, 1990 at Stouffer Concourse Hotel, Los Angeles, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-402/

vh Kazumu Naganuma Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-482-7)

Planning an upcoming pilgrimage to Crystal City

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-482-7/

vh Stanley N. Shikuma Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-520-9)

Evolving themes of the Tule Lake pilgrimages

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-520-9/

vh May Ohmura Watanabe Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-454-16)

Attending camp pilgrimages

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-454-16/

vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1000-165-34)

Attending Tule Lake pilgrimages in the 1970s: writing and presenting a poem about camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-165-34/

vh Matsue Watanabe Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1001-9-19)

Returning to site of Manzanar incarceration camp many years later

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-9-19/

vh Joe Yamakido Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-167-12)

Reflections on life: attending camp pilgrimages, message for future generations

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-167-12/

vh Marianne West Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-120-10)

Attending the Tule Lake Pilgrimage with family: overcoming the "stigma" of being incarcerated

This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-120-10/

vh David Sakura Interview II Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-513-14)

Attending the Minidoka pilgrimage: "it was really an act of healing"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-513-14/

vh Wesley K. Watanabe Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-166-18)

Attending first camp pilgrimage

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-166-18/

vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-152-41)

Memories of attending Tule Lake pilgrimage in 1979

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-152-41/

vh Barbara Reiko Mikami Keimi Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-459-15)

Helping to organize camp pilgrimages and reunions, volunteer for the Japanese American National Museum

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-459-15/

vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-257-24)

Attending the first Manzanar pilgrimage

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-257-24/

vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-137-39)

Filming Mitsuye and Nellie; emotional reaction to returning to Minidoka camp site

Mitsuye Yamada was interviewed together with her two surviving brothers, William Toshio Yasutake and Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. She was interviewed individually on October 9-10, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-137-39/

vh Ron Wakabayashi Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-460-6)

Finding connections to previous generations through experiences like visiting the site of the Manzanar concentration camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-460-6/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa - Mayumi Tsutakawa - Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn - Yayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-96-8)

Reflecting on the pilgrimage experience

The Tsutakawas were interviewed at the former site of the Tule Lake incarceration camp, in the context of a larger Tule Lake reunion, called the "Tule Lake Pilgrimage, Journey of Remembrance and Discovery," organized by the Tule Lake Committee. This Pilgrimage was attended by people from up and down the West …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-96-8/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa - Mayumi Tsutakawa - Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn - Yayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-96-4)

The importance of camp pilgrimages

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-96-4/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa - Mayumi Tsutakawa - Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn - Yayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-96-6)

Yayoi's thoughts on what it would have been like to be incarcerated as a young girl

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-96-6/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa - Mayumi Tsutakawa - Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn - Yayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-96-5)

Ayame's memories of meeting George; and remembering him while on this pilgrimage

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-96-5/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa - Mayumi Tsutakawa - Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn - Yayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-96-2)

Kenzan's and Yayoi's reactions to seeing the site of Tule Lake concentration camp in person

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-96-2/

vh Ayame Tsutakawa - Mayumi Tsutakawa - Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn - Yayoi Tsutakawa-Chinn Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-96-3)

Mayumi's impressions of the camp site

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-96-3/