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img Atami Meshiya Kyokai [Church of World Messianity in Atami] (ddr-csujad-25-143)

A photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken at Church of World Messianity in Atami, Japan. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_015

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-143/

img Family in Japan] (ddr-csujad-25-174)

A photograph of a Japanese man and child taken at a Shinto shrine in postwar Japan. They are probably the Taenakas' relatives. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_046

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-174/

img Family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-166)

A group photograph of the local Japanese taken at an individual's house most likely in Totsugawa, Japan. They appear to be the Taenakas' relatives. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_038

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-166/

img Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, Kaneiwaro] (ddr-csujad-25-134)

A group photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, taken in Kaneiwaro, a hotel in Kyoto, Japan. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_006

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-134/

img Ukichi Taenaka's family, Japan (ddr-csujad-25-292)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are six photographs including Ukichi Taenaka's wife and son in Japan. The photographs are probably taken between 1945 and 1959. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_02_021

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-292/

img Rosanzerusu Betsuin Honichi Kankodan [Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party] (ddr-csujad-25-141)

A group photograph of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, taken at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Japan. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_013

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-141/

img Kamie Taenaka, family reunion (ddr-csujad-25-150)

A photograph of Kamie Taenaka and the local Japanese children taken probably in Totsugawa, Japan. Those children appear to be the Taenakas' relatives. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_022

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-150/

img Taenaka family and Ukichi Matsui (ddr-csujad-25-214)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are seven photographs of the Taenaka family and their Japanese relatives, including Ukichi Matsui, taken in Japan in approximately 1925, See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_009

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-214/

img Kamie Taenaka, Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, Meguro Gajoen (ddr-csujad-25-140)

A photograph of Kamie Taenaka and another tourist of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken at Meguro Gajoen, Tokyo, Japan. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_012

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-140/

img Shirahama hot spring (ddr-csujad-25-187)

A group photograph of Japanese women taken at a Shirahama hot spring, Wakayama, Japan after the war. They are probably the Taenakas' relatives. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_059

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-187/

img Ukichi Taenaka and his wife (ddr-csujad-25-279)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are fifteen photographs of Ukichi Taenaka and his wife taken in Japan probably between 1938 and 1940. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_02_008

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-279/

img Nagai, Naohara, Yoshida (ddr-csujad-38-431)

A photograph of three U.S. soldiers, including George N. Naohara. The caption reads: Nagai, Naohara, Yoshida. Title from caption. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_04_005_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-431/

doc Meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, August 27, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-74)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes discussion of the "Japan Night" program at the county fair, the high school tea garden project, and committee reports and appointments. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0073

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-44-74/

img [Japanese and Japanese Americans at port] (ddr-csujad-5-18)

A photograph of Japanese and Japanese Americans taken at a port on April 17, 1953. It depicts that people are seeing off a couple who are leaving the U.S. for Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_05_002a

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-18/

doc Letter from American President Lines to Mrs. Sei Hamada and Miss Miyoko Yasuda, May 14, 1954 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-298)

Contains SS President Cleveland boarding information and a postcard with the illustration of the SS President Cleveland Wilson ship. It addresses Mrs. Sei Hamada and Miss Miyoko Yasuda in Tottori, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_06_14_001-003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-298/

doc Letters from Jokichi and Yaeko Yamanaka to Mr. S. Okine, July 29, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-222)

Contains two letters and one envelope mailed by Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. The letters are written by Yaeko Nakano and Jokichi Yamanaka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_61_001-003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-222/

vh Dotti Yasuko Tagawa Reisbord Interview (ddr-densho-1000-509)

Nisei-Sansei female. Born May 9, 1941, in Seattle Washington. An infant when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family was sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family returned to Seattle, where Dotti attended school. After high school, moved to Southern California, raised a family, and became a teacher …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-509/

doc Menu (ddr-csujad-55-1978)

Menu "courtesy of the third military railway service occupation forces in Japan." Includes menus for breakfast, supper, and dinner. From the Masako Adachi scrapbook, page 22. See also sac_jaac_1953. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1981

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1978/

av Interview with Shigeko Iwaihara Koga (ddr-ajah-3-354)

Shigeko Iwaihara Koga was born March 23, 1911. She was a member of the Alameda Buddhist Temple. In 1916, Mrs. Koga returned to Japan and enrolled in grade school. The family returned to Alameda, California, in 1918 where Mrs. Koga atended Porter Elementary School. She was incarcerated at the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Mrs. Koga became …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-3-354/

img Portrait of Matao Koga (ddr-ajah-6-179)

Caption below photo: Matao Koga as a young man in Japan. He would immigrate to the United State and live in Alameda, CA., where he would eventually make a living as a Benshi, a man who would who Japanese language movies to the Japanese community in California. He was born on May 25, 1892, making this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-179/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 22 (November 30, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-48)

Selected article titles: "Central California JACL officers to be installed en masse Dec. 2" (p. 1), "Issei mainlanders more Americanized" (p. 1), "Separate statehood bills may succeed, says Engle; "Arizona Nuptial Law Test Case May be Blooped" (p. 1), "Democracy in Japan should be reconsidered" (p. 2), "'No' Votes on Prop. 13 viewed as strong testimonial …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-28-48/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 4 (July 23, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-29)

Selected article titles: "Farm labor crisis hits JACL" (p. 1), "Watsonville Elks against white-only rule" (p. 1), "Fear low cost housing may kill Japan Center and Nihonmachi" (p. 1), "San Francisco JACL prepared to object to opening of Kenzo's boutique in area" (p. 1), "Japan will not rely on nuclear power" (p. 2), "In Sacramento, this …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-43-29/

img Bank in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan (ddr-csujad-38-423)

Photographed is a bank of the Ota Rivier in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. The caption reads: This photo is a bank of the Ota River running in Kabe-cho. Once it rained, it flooded the river. The bank was fully covered with cement and prevents the river from flooding. It guarantees a good harvest of rice every year. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-423/

img Bank in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan (ddr-csujad-38-424)

Photographed is a bank of the Ota Rivier in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. The caption reads: This photo is a bank of the Ota River running in Kabe-cho. Once it rained, it flooded the river. The bank was fully covered with cement and prevents the river from flooding. It guarantees a good harvest of rice every year. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-424/

vh Kikuno Goi - Mitsuo Goi Interview (ddr-chi-1-1)

Kibei Nisei couple. Kikuno was born in the United States, then moved to Japan with her family after her father passed away. In the lead up to World War II, her uncle sent Kikuno and her brother back to the United States, where they were raised in foster care in northern California. During World War II, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-1/

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