We will never allow our history to erased.
Oral History - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
densho.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We will never allow our history to erased.
If you’re a journalist writing about Japanese American concentration camps — or just a person discussing their connection to the present day — I implore you to not use “internment,” “relocation,” “assembly centers” etc. Denshō has a useful guide on specific phrases.
densho.org/terminology/
densho.org/terminology/
Terminology - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
densho.org
March 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you’re a journalist writing about Japanese American concentration camps — or just a person discussing their connection to the present day — I implore you to not use “internment,” “relocation,” “assembly centers” etc. Denshō has a useful guide on specific phrases.
densho.org/terminology/
densho.org/terminology/
It's hard to think of what positive spin you could put on Manzanar, a concentration camp in California that forcibly detained 10,000 Japanese Americans during WWII. You can learn more - and watch testimony from people who were incarcerated there - below:
buff.ly/c2e2u0W
buff.ly/c2e2u0W
Manzanar - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
densho.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It's hard to think of what positive spin you could put on Manzanar, a concentration camp in California that forcibly detained 10,000 Japanese Americans during WWII. You can learn more - and watch testimony from people who were incarcerated there - below:
buff.ly/c2e2u0W
buff.ly/c2e2u0W
The Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar anime casts Risa Hayamizu and reveals more about two other cast members' characters!
Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar Anime Casts Risa Hayamizu
Hayamizu voices Welsh's adoptive mother Mama Caroni in October 2 anime
www.animenewsnetwork.com
September 30, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar anime casts Risa Hayamizu and reveals more about two other cast members' characters!
you can listen to him interviewed at Densho, too
January 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
you can listen to him interviewed at Densho, too
Support Densho!
Make a recurring donation between now and the end of the year, and we’ll send you a special thank-you gift: a custom sticker set designed by artist Kiku Hughes, featuring all ten War Relocation Authority camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated. densho.org/historykeepe...
August 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Support Densho!
For more information on Japanese American draft resistance:
encyclopedia.densho.org/Draft_resist...
encyclopedia.densho.org/Draft_resist...
September 28, 2026 at 7:17 PM
For more information on Japanese American draft resistance:
encyclopedia.densho.org/Draft_resist...
encyclopedia.densho.org/Draft_resist...
A photograph of a Japanese American girl holding a cat. Caption on back: "'Sumi' Asaba age 2 years 8 months May 1942 gift from A.D. Bonus to my dear friends The Shigeno Family July 8, 1942".
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
May 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A photograph of a Japanese American girl holding a cat. Caption on back: "'Sumi' Asaba age 2 years 8 months May 1942 gift from A.D. Bonus to my dear friends The Shigeno Family July 8, 1942".
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
A photograph of a Japanese American soldier standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Date unknown, the photograph was likely taken by George Nakamura.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A photograph of a Japanese American soldier standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Date unknown, the photograph was likely taken by George Nakamura.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
A look at the Densho shop in Utsunomiya in 1992 — in addition to computer and console games, they also had arcade machines on the second floor.
July 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A look at the Densho shop in Utsunomiya in 1992 — in addition to computer and console games, they also had arcade machines on the second floor.
While doing some research, I stumbled across this great listing of YA books on Japanese internment in WWII, which feels like good reading for today's kids, so, I'm sharing. densho.org/catalyst/you...
Dive into These YA Books on the Wartime Incarceration of Japanese Americans - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Here are some new and classic books on Japanese American incarceration during WWII for young adult readers.
densho.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
While doing some research, I stumbled across this great listing of YA books on Japanese internment in WWII, which feels like good reading for today's kids, so, I'm sharing. densho.org/catalyst/you...
What follows is what I was able to reconstruct from a set of the company’s records that were left behind in the Bellevue Vegetable Growers warehouse. One of the Nisei farmers who returned after the war passed the records along to me; they’re now in the hands of the Densho Project. 4/34
densho.org
densho.org
Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Preserving Japanese American stories of the past for the generations of tomorrow.
densho.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What follows is what I was able to reconstruct from a set of the company’s records that were left behind in the Bellevue Vegetable Growers warehouse. One of the Nisei farmers who returned after the war passed the records along to me; they’re now in the hands of the Densho Project. 4/34
densho.org
densho.org
A photograph of a Japanese American baseball player at the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. A row of camp barracks can be seen in the background behind the player. The photograph was taken sometime between 1942 and 1945.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
April 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
A photograph of a Japanese American baseball player at the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. A row of camp barracks can be seen in the background behind the player. The photograph was taken sometime between 1942 and 1945.
🗃 #skystorians
🗃 #skystorians
apparently Densho has been facing a lot of backlash for publishing my very gently stated essay so I'm re-sharing it bc honestly if "treat these people like people" is SO offensive to you that you demand it be taken down, I am uninterested in the rest of your opinions.
densho.org/catalyst/jus...
densho.org/catalyst/jus...
Justifying the Unjustifiable: Why Japanese Americans Must Stand with Palestine - Densho: Japanese Am...
Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall shares why her values as a Jew and a Japanese American compel her to stand with Palestine.
densho.org
December 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM
apparently Densho has been facing a lot of backlash for publishing my very gently stated essay so I'm re-sharing it bc honestly if "treat these people like people" is SO offensive to you that you demand it be taken down, I am uninterested in the rest of your opinions.
densho.org/catalyst/jus...
densho.org/catalyst/jus...
BLOG POST: Congratulations to Densho on thirty years of service to preserve and share the history of the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. It’s been a remarkable journey for them and one I’ve been pleased and proud to support. resisters.com/2026/09/24/t...
Thirty years of collaboration with Densho | RESISTERS.COM: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
resisters.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:58 AM
BLOG POST: Congratulations to Densho on thirty years of service to preserve and share the history of the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. It’s been a remarkable journey for them and one I’ve been pleased and proud to support. resisters.com/2026/09/24/t...
The Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar anime has shared its main trailer and revealed more cast members ahead of its October 2 debut.
Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar Anime's Main Trailer Reveals More Cast Members, Theme Song Artists
Yūko Kaida, Makoto Furukawa, Risa Kayama, more join cast of anime debuting on October 2
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September 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar anime has shared its main trailer and revealed more cast members ahead of its October 2 debut.
A photograph of Haruko Nagaishi. The photograph was taken in Seattle, WA on March 15, 1941.
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
March 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A photograph of Haruko Nagaishi. The photograph was taken in Seattle, WA on March 15, 1941.
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
Sarah Huckabee Sanders' red meat line last night about preventing Chinese people from buying land in Arkansas sent all sorts of "Alien Land Law" shivers down my spine. encyclopedia.densho.org/Alien_land_l...
Alien land laws | Densho Encyclopedia
encyclopedia.densho.org
July 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Sarah Huckabee Sanders' red meat line last night about preventing Chinese people from buying land in Arkansas sent all sorts of "Alien Land Law" shivers down my spine. encyclopedia.densho.org/Alien_land_l...
New article up! It only took 6 years but... the translation of the Tōki Denshō - Angel Eyes development diary is finally up! Go have a look at the constant trouble this game faced while in the shadow of Dead or Alive...
🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/touki-...
🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/touki-...
February 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
New article up! It only took 6 years but... the translation of the Tōki Denshō - Angel Eyes development diary is finally up! Go have a look at the constant trouble this game faced while in the shadow of Dead or Alive...
🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/touki-...
🔗 sudden-desu.net/entry/touki-...
The term "Americanism" was then embraced by the KKK that was resurgent in the 1920s. A group called the "Americanist Educational League" was founded in 1927 (it still exists, btw) by a guy who would go on to be the leading voice for Japanese internment in WWII
encyclopedia.densho.org/John_R._Lech...
encyclopedia.densho.org/John_R._Lech...
John R. Lechner | Densho Encyclopedia
encyclopedia.densho.org
August 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The term "Americanism" was then embraced by the KKK that was resurgent in the 1920s. A group called the "Americanist Educational League" was founded in 1927 (it still exists, btw) by a guy who would go on to be the leading voice for Japanese internment in WWII
encyclopedia.densho.org/John_R._Lech...
encyclopedia.densho.org/John_R._Lech...
Exactly here, the mallet meets the densho (large bell) at Upaya Zen Center to announce the arrival of the officiant.
March 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Exactly here, the mallet meets the densho (large bell) at Upaya Zen Center to announce the arrival of the officiant.
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March 19, 2026 at 7:03 PM
🥷🏻 NINJUTSU BOOKS & DENSHO! 📚
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✅ Writings From Soke Anshu
✅ Ninja Books & Densho
✅ Ninja Training Manuals
✅ Historical Martial Arts Research
✅ Traditional Japanese Martial Arts
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#SokeAnshu #Ninja #Ninjutsu #Ninpo #MartialArts
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✅ Writings From Soke Anshu
✅ Ninja Books & Densho
✅ Ninja Training Manuals
✅ Historical Martial Arts Research
✅ Traditional Japanese Martial Arts
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This is kind of an intracommunity plea for other Japanese Americans, but I'd be honored if you read it too.
An OpEd I wrote about being Jewish and Japanese and why that makes me call for peace, published by Densho:
Why Japanese Americans Must Stand with Palestine
densho.org/catalyst/jus...
An OpEd I wrote about being Jewish and Japanese and why that makes me call for peace, published by Densho:
Why Japanese Americans Must Stand with Palestine
densho.org/catalyst/jus...
Justifying the Unjustifiable: Why Japanese Americans Must Stand with Palestine - Densho: Japanese Am...
Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall shares why her values as a Jew and a Japanese American compel her to stand with Palestine.
densho.org
November 30, 2023 at 6:42 PM
This is kind of an intracommunity plea for other Japanese Americans, but I'd be honored if you read it too.
An OpEd I wrote about being Jewish and Japanese and why that makes me call for peace, published by Densho:
Why Japanese Americans Must Stand with Palestine
densho.org/catalyst/jus...
An OpEd I wrote about being Jewish and Japanese and why that makes me call for peace, published by Densho:
Why Japanese Americans Must Stand with Palestine
densho.org/catalyst/jus...
A photograph of four Japanese American women outside of the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption "Kiku, Aki, Tami, Sumi." The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto on June 25, 1944.
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
June 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
A photograph of four Japanese American women outside of the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption "Kiku, Aki, Tami, Sumi." The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto on June 25, 1944.
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
🗃 #skystorians #OTD