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Japanese in Colorado

by Alejandro Hernández on March 7, 2023

Toshihiro "Toshi" Kuzaki, Owner of Sushi Den June 23, 1985 - Rocky Mountain News

Yoko Cannon of Boulder Plays Koto at Boulder Art Fair 1993 - Rocky Mountain News

Kendo Demonstration at Aki Matsuri Festival - Rocky Mountain News August 8,1978

View of Japanese section of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876) at 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows graves of Japanese immigrants and descendants of Japanese immigrants. Many of the gravestones have Japanese characters. Names include: "[T]akiyama" and "Yutaka Honjo 1882-1930," "

Exterior view of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple (Church) at 1942 Market Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The multi-story, brick building has a rounded arch window on the first floor facade, a gabled parapet with finial and roof battlements. Signs on additional buildings read: "S.& H. Garage Repair" and "J.F. Walters Sheet Metal Works." An automobile is parked on the street.

Five Japanese workers pose around a railroad handcart. Each wears workclothes, including heavy boots, hats, and gloves.

View of a Japanese garden with a pond, lilies, tea house, and walkways in (possibly) Denver, Colorado.

A group of Japanese-American women and young girls dressed in kimonos pose in the middle of a street, possibly in Denver, Colorado. Some of the women hold miniature American flags. A man stands next to the group; he wears a suit, tie and hat. Front row (behind young girls), first from left is Mrs. Reverend Ono; second from left is Mrs. N. Hokasono. Front row third from right is Mrs. Y. Hayano and second row, first from right is Mrs. M. Otsuki.

Captain Willaim S. Fairchild stands behind a wooden lectern addressing Japanese internees at Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. Fairchild wears a military uniform; a United States flag stands near him. The front two rows of metal folding chairs are empty while several men stand against the back wall. Bare electric bulbs illuminate the block; fire extinguishers hang on support posts with angle braces.

View of a Japanese family on their way to the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado, includes two women in dresses, heels and bonnets. One holds a baby, and a man in a sweater, tie, eye glasses and a hat, holds a suitcase. The man has a tag on his belt and another on the suitcase.

Group of Japanese women, men and young girls

Two Japanese soldiers in uniform pose with their girlfriends by a flower exhibit, at the Arts and Crafts Festival, Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The women wear long wool coats, white blouses, skirts, and ribbons in their curled hair. One holds an artificial flower in the display. The soldiers wear glasses and sunglasses.

Cast members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show duel with swords while mounted on horses. They wear fencing outfits, mesh masks and helmets.

A black and white photograph of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple in Denver, Colo.

A black and white photograph of members of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple. They are standing outside the church on the sidewalk.

A black and white photograph taken outside the Buddhist Church in the 1930's. The casket is in the center of the photograph surround by those attending the funeral service.

Men hoist a section of prefabricated wall at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. Other army-style barracks show in various states of construction; some with roofs, others just with framing and composite board walls. Prairie is in the background.

Portrait of Y. Tamai, a Buddhist monk, in Denver, Colorado; he wears a brocade robe with sunbursts and clouds.

1926: Panoramic photo shows lettuce field situated between the farms of Joseph Sato and William S. Parrish near the San Luis State Road, Costilla County, Colo. Truck farmer Joseph Sato is standing middle left and William S. Parrish is on the middle right hand side. A large cement structure in the distance behind Parrish is the former San Luis Roller Mills. The flour mill was built, owned and operated by Parrish. Constructed in about 1914, it was destroyed by fire in 1958.

Portrait of Japanese UMWA coal miners striking against CF&I (of Ludlow), in Tioga, Huerfano County, Colorado; they are: "Bubba, Uyado, Matsumoto."

View of a gravestone at the Brighton, Adams County, Colorado cemetery: a pointed slab with Japanese inscriptions.

Japanese evacuees stand or sit with their suitcases and belongings in front of a Santa Fe and Topeka passenger train car. The men and women wait for the bus ride to Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, southeastern Colorado.

View of a war bonds promotion in a Denver, Colorado theater lobby. A Japanese woman shows a man a brochure; signs read: "U.S. Bonds Here," "Defend America," and "On Sale Here - Tabor Luck by Caroline Bancroft."

Young Japanese women in white graduation gowns, high heels and mortar board caps and a men in dark gowns and caps assemble in a courtyard at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The wind blows their gowns and the women's curled hair. Some read commencement programs, some stand under a covered walkway.

Men and boys (including Japanese) stand in the snow at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado; mattresses, clothes, and household items are in a pile.

Chief of Internal Security, Tomlinson, and a group of Japanese police staff pose in a line in front of "Block 6F", Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, southeastern Colorado. Tomlinson wears a suit, vest, tie and hat, his staff wear jackets or sweaters, some have hats and eye glasses. All wear arm bands designating their rank, left to right, Patrolman, Desk Sergeant, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, and Chief. The Chief holds a cigarette.

Miwa Stewben teaches Japanese

Family members and friends of the Japanese-American community place flowers at the base of the memorial stone at the Fairmount Cemetery in Denver which honors all of the Japanese-Americans who fought and died during World War II.

Aiko Kimura performs a demonstration of the ancient Japanese art of Taiko

Michelle Akiyana dances as part of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Denver.

Harry Nakagawa puts a flag on a grave site at Fairmount Cemetery

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