Posts Tagged ‘Japanese American’
Hundreds gather at Lake Merritt for Japanese Moon Viewing Festival
Oaklanders gathered by moonlight for a traditional Japanese celebration of the Harvest Moon.
Read MoreTrove of Japanese internment photos prompt search for surviving elders
During his years of internment at Heart Mountain, Jimi Yamaichi mastered living in a frozen world. He insulated his barrack with ice. He substituted cold cow dung for cement. He grew summer vegetables in below-zero temperatures. He stood perfectly still when guards at the Heart Mountain War Relocation Camp ordered him to pack his belongings…
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