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.

Reflections on the past (815)
Camp pilgrimages (294)

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

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vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-155-32)

Meeting some Nisei on a second trip to the former site of the Minidoka concentration camp, sharing stories

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-155-32/

vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-155-31)

An emotional return to the former site of Minidoka concentration camp, many years later

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-155-31/

vh Yaeko Nakano - Hiroshi Nakano - Kenichi Nakano - Stanley Nakano Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-70-16)

Reflections: others should also return to Tule Lake

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-70-16/

vh Art Shibayama Interview Segment 39 (ddr-densho-1000-151-39)

Memories of attending a Tule Lake pilgrimage in 1979

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-151-39/

vh Art Shibayama Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-151-38)

Memories of attending a Tule Lake pilgrimage in 1979

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-151-38/

vh Saburo Masada Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-157-20)

Experiences at an Arkansas camp reunion

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-157-20/

vh Saburo Masada Interview Segment 19 (ddr-manz-1-157-19)

Involvement with the Tule Lake pilgrimage

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-157-19/

vh Eiko Yamaichi Interview Segment 20 (ddr-manz-1-175-20)

Emotional effects of camp pilgrimages

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-175-20/

vh Marion I. Masada Interview Segment 29 (ddr-manz-1-155-29)

Getting involved with the Tule Lake pilgrimages

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-155-29/

vh Jean Matsumoto Interview Segment 15 (ddr-manz-1-130-15)

Attending a camp pilgrimage and looking back on life

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-130-15/

vh Sadako Nimura Kashiwagi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-manz-1-172-18)

Getting involved with Tule Lake pilgrimages

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-172-18/

vh Kay Yatabe Interview Segment 26 (ddr-ajah-1-9-26)

Attending a Topaz pilgrimage with parents

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-1-9-26/

vh Mas Takano Interview Segment 20 (ddr-ajah-1-5-20)

Visiting the former site of the Amache concentration camp

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-1-5-20/

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 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 Helen T. Sasaki Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-505-22)

Attending camp pilgrimages

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-505-22/