1518 items
1518 items

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Portrait of Merika Motoyoshi (ddr-ajah-6-93)
Caption below photo: Merika Motoyoshi, circa early-mid 1940s. She was from Alameda, CA.

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Document titled Surveying alameda's Japantown Up on the Roof with Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-515)
Document includes photos, clipping and stories of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA.

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Man sitting on steps holding baby (ddr-ajah-6-672)
Caption below photo: Baby Florence Miyoko Nakata, in the arms of her father, Buichi Nakata. Alameda, CA circa 1930

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Four girls and boy in traditional clothes (ddr-ajah-6-48)
Caption below photo: These youth are dressed to perform the Shimai, part of a traditional Japanese dance drama called Noh. At far right is Kenji Tomita. Alameda, CA

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Two women standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-764)
Caption below photo: Friends Masano Miyawaki )left) and Hatsuyo Ozeki pose in Alameda, CA., circa late 1940s to early 1950s.

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Woman standing on walkway outside building (ddr-ajah-6-647)
Caption below photo: Yukiko Motoyoshi at the minister's residence next to the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. She is the spouse of Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi. Circa 1932-1941

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Portrait of Akino and Mataichi Ozeki with friends (ddr-ajah-6-784)
Caption below photo: Akino Ozeki (seated) and her husband, Mataichi Ozeki (right) pose with friends in Alameda, CA, circa 1907-1910s.

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Couple standing next to car (ddr-ajah-6-188)
Caption below photo: Toshio Sato and wife Etsu, Alameda, CA, 1936

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Machi, Natsuko and Yoshie Takagi (ddr-ajah-6-887)
Caption below photo: Machi Takagi, Daughter Natsuko, Daughter Yoshie Alameda, CA

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Trophy given to Takuritsu Morita (ddr-ajah-6-614)
Caption below photo: Trophy received by Takuritsu Morita of Alameda, CA, for his service to the Wanto Japanese school (gakuen). He lived in Alameda until 1933, then moved south to Mountain View, CA, where is continued to teach at a similar school. While he taught at the Alameda school from 1916, it was never called the …

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Group of women with Rev. Motoyoshi at train station with suitcases (ddr-ajah-6-120)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei women pose at the Alameda train station, probably on their way to a YWBA conference with their minister, Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi. He began his work at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA in 1932 and this appears to be early in his time there. Individuals identified.

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Tsutomu Inouye in basketball uniform (ddr-ajah-6-478)
Caption below photo: Tsutomu Inouye in basketball uniform for the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., YMBA juniors team. Circa mid 1930s.

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Byko Umezawa sitting on large rock (ddr-ajah-6-965)
Includes copy of WWI draft registration card and biographical information about Byko Umezawa

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Three children in Easter baskets (ddr-ajah-6-544)
Caption below photo: When Ken, Judy and Jo Takeda returned from their World War II incarceration camp in 1945, their family did not have a place to live in their hometown of Alameda, CA. so they stayed at their church, the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church on Buena Vista Ave. Several Japanese families shared the space. The …

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Group at picnic (ddr-ajah-6-489)
Caption below photo: The Inouyes and friends, from Alameda, CA., enjoy a picnic, location unknown but many such outings were held in the Oakland area.


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Man spraying plants in garden at Alameda Buddhist Temple (ddr-densho-512-94)
Caption below photo: Mas Takano sprays the temple's plum tree with Neem oil. Alameda Buddhist Temple, Alameda, CA. Takano takes care of the some of the grounds but says he is getting too old to continue much longer. At the right time, the plums will be come umeboshi ("ew-may-boh-she") - a pickled, sour plum sometimes stuffed …

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Two women and a man with grocery bags (ddr-densho-512-27)
2020 Chicken Teriyaki Bento Fundraiser

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Checking the temperature of the grilling chicken (ddr-densho-512-79)
2020 Chicken Teriyaki Bento Fundraiser




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Group posing for photo, including children in costume, for 75th Anniversary of Buddhist Temple of Alameda (ddr-densho-512-134)
Caption below photo: 1991 Buddhist Temple of Alameda 75th Anniversary - Chigo procession participants and parents. Caption includes names
