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Witness to Wartime Exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC)

2/15/2021

January 23 - May 16, 2021

2316 West 1st Avenue
Spokane, Washington 99201
(509) 456-3931

Takuichi Fujii (1891 - 1964) was born in Hiroshima in 1891 and moved to the United States when he was 15. His paintings and drawings bore witness to his life in America and, most especially, to his experience during World War II, when Fujii, his wife, and daughters were incarcerated. They were confined first at the Puyallup temporary detention and in August 1942, sent to the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho until October 1945.

Marking the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the forced removal and internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II, this showing of more than 70 paintings and drawings by Takuichi Fujii chronicles the harsh conditions and daily routine of his incarceration.

***Update*** The MAC is now open 7 days a week for regular visits that still allow for social distancing. You must get your tickets in advance online (includes members). Visit the link below for more information:
https://www.northwestmuseum.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/witness-to-wartime-the-painted-diary-of-takuichi-fujii/

Support Your Local Restaurants

2/8/2021

Indoor dining at our local restaurants is off-limits at the time of this news posting, amid rising COVID-19 cases. We encourage your help in supporting these local restaurants (like Ming Wah, Frankie Doodle's, Dick's Hamburgers & the Sukiyaki Inn) who have supported our Japanese community for many, many years. Support them by ordering takeout or delivery food.

Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII

2/1/2021

The new "Go For Broke" US Stamp will be released sometime this year.

With this commemorative stamp, the Postal Service recognizes the contributions of Japanese American soldiers, some 33,000 altogether, who served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

The stamp, printed in the intaglio method, is based on a photograph. "Go For Broke" was the motto of the all-Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team and came to represent all Japanese American units formed during World War II. The stamp was designed by art director Antonio Alcalá.