Introduction to Kansha History for WA and OR Nikkei Groups, Farmers, Farming Descendants

This meeting is for Oregon and Washington Nikkei groups, farmers and farming descendants to hear about the Kansha History Project and the transcription of federal documents from the spring of 1942 that document over 1,323 Nikkei farms in Oregon (408 farms) and Washington (915 farms).

See example of Farmer Seiichi Yamada of Tacoma, published here with permission of his granddaughter, a Kansha History volunteer.

(Photo Courtesy of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, the Koura Family Collection)