Japanese Culture: Links to More Information
In Dandelion Through the Crack we learn so much of Japanese culture at the time of the internment. But time does not stand still and there is so much more to learn, about the people, the culture, and the aftermath of the Internment. We provide links here as a service to readers interested in learning more about the Japanese, their culture, and what has happened to Poston.
Japanese Culture
- Onigiri recipe
- Recipe for onigiri from a Japanese website.
- Onigiri today
- Onigiri as sold in stores in Japan today.
- Spam Musubi
- A description.
- Spam Musubi recipe
- A history of musubi and a good recipe.
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Japanese New Year
- In Japan, New Year or Shogatsu, is a major holiday. The night before, people go to the temple to worship and pray that the following year will be happy and prosperous. Special food that has been prepared in advance is used for the main meal. On New Year’s morning, people go to the houses of family members and friends to celebrate and exchange gifts.
Shogatsu in Japan
Japanese New Year Celebrations
We wish to thank Tyler P., a student at Jean Massieu Academy, for his excellent research and helpfulness in providing this information.
Poston Today
- The Poston Restoration Project
- Poston has the most remaining buildings of any of the 10 camps. But the buildings are rapidly decaying. Help save the site and build a museum.
- Passing Poston
- Passing Poston tells the story of Kiyo Sato, Ruth Okimoto, Mary Higashi, and Leon Uyeda of the Poston Relocation Center and how that terrible time has affected their lives and still lingers with them today.
- Forsaken Fields
History
- FORSAKEN FIELDS delves into the little-known history of California’s Japanese American farmers before, during and after they were forced into U.S. internment camps, along with 120,000 other persons of Japanese ancestry during World War II. In spite of anti-Asian legislation, many Japanese American farmers finally achieved a measure of financial success by the 1940s, only to be forced to abandon their land and livelihood. Refusing to let their grim camp environment destroy their spirits, these farmers instead turned their prison yards into gardens, creating small patches of beauty and hope to get them through the desolate times. Interspersing vivid footage of camp life, painful recollections of property loss and the racial discrimination they faced as they returned to their farms, this moving documentary captures the emotional complexity and resiliency of a community determined to survive one of the darker chapters in national history.
- Blackbird Vision
- The Blackbird Vision Screening System is an award-winning, vision screening test designed and marketed by Kiyo Sato to identify eye disorders in pre-school and kindergarten children.
Achievements