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  • Japanese American Historical Plaza (Portland)

    Using thirteen engraved stones of basalt and granite, the Japanese American Historical Plaza in Portland tells an important story of the Japanese in Oregon. …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese American Museum of Oregon

    The Japanese American Museum of Oregon is in Portland’s Old Town, the heart of the city’s historic Japantown. Originally named the Oregon Nikkei Legacy …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese Americans in Oregon

    Immigrants from the West Resting in the shade of the Gresham Pioneer Cemetery, there is a grave marker with the name Miyo Iwakoshi. The name …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese American Wartime Incarceration in Oregon

    Masuo Yasui, together with many members of Hood River’s Japanese community, spent the evening of December 6, 1941, rehearsing the annual Christmas show at a …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese Ancestral Society

    In the early 1900s, spurred on largely by railroad construction, farming, and the lumber industry, Japanese immigration to Oregon was on the rise. While only …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

    In May 1942, Portland-area Japanese and Japanese Americans—both Issei (first generation) and Nisei (second generation) —were evacuated to hastily constructed temporary living quarters in the …

    Oregon History Project

  • Japanese Evacuee Tops Sugar Beets

    This 1943 Oregonian photograph shows a Japanese American “evacuee” topping sugar beets in Nyssa, a small town on the Idaho state line in Malheur County. …

    Oregon History Project

  • Japanese Forced Removal and Incarceration

    Although many have described United States’ involvement in World War II as the “good war,” the conflict also produced one of the most notable violations …

    Oregon History Project

  • Japanese Forced Removal and Incarceration

    Portland lost thousands of potential workers in the spring of 1942, when its residents of Japanese descent, were forcibly removed and incarcerated. During the war, …

    Oregon History Project

  • Japanese Oregonians and Origami

    This undated photograph of an unidentified woman holding up a string of origami figures was taken by Suzie Jones. It is not clear when origami …

    Oregon History Project

3216 results

  • Japanese American Historical Plaza (Portland)

    Using thirteen engraved stones of basalt and granite, the Japanese American Historical Plaza in Portland tells an important story of the Japanese in Oregon. …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese American Museum of Oregon

    The Japanese American Museum of Oregon is in Portland’s Old Town, the heart of the city’s historic Japantown. Originally named the Oregon Nikkei Legacy …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese Americans in Oregon

    Immigrants from the West Resting in the shade of the Gresham Pioneer Cemetery, there is a grave marker with the name Miyo Iwakoshi. The name …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese American Wartime Incarceration in Oregon

    Masuo Yasui, together with many members of Hood River’s Japanese community, spent the evening of December 6, 1941, rehearsing the annual Christmas show at a …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese Ancestral Society

    In the early 1900s, spurred on largely by railroad construction, farming, and the lumber industry, Japanese immigration to Oregon was on the rise. While only …

    Oregon Encyclopedia

  • Japanese Evacuees, Portland Assembly Center

    In May 1942, Portland-area Japanese and Japanese Americans—both Issei (first generation) and Nisei (second generation) —were evacuated to hastily constructed temporary living quarters in the …

    Oregon History Project

  • Japanese Evacuee Tops Sugar Beets

    This 1943 Oregonian photograph shows a Japanese American “evacuee” topping sugar beets in Nyssa, a small town on the Idaho state line in Malheur County. …

    Oregon History Project

  • Japanese Forced Removal and Incarceration

    Although many have described United States’ involvement in World War II as the “good war,” the conflict also produced one of the most notable violations …

    Oregon History Project

  • Japanese Forced Removal and Incarceration

    Portland lost thousands of potential workers in the spring of 1942, when its residents of Japanese descent, were forcibly removed and incarcerated. During the war, …

    Oregon History Project

  • Japanese Oregonians and Origami

    This undated photograph of an unidentified woman holding up a string of origami figures was taken by Suzie Jones. It is not clear when origami …

    Oregon History Project