Historical Information:

Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community
bijac.org
P.O. Box 10449
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
[email protected]

In downtown Winslow, visit the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum and the award-winning exhibit “Kodomo No Tame Ni—For the Sake of the Children.” It covers a century of history of pioneering Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans on Bainbridge Island from 1883 to 1983, highlighting their contributions to the community, businesses, and culture and sharing their experiences and perspectives during World War II.

Bainbridge Island Historical Museum
bainbridgehistory.org
215 Ericksen Ave NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Archives:

Navigate through our extensive archives, which focus primarily on the exclusion, evacuation, and detention of the Nikkei (people of Japanese descent) from Bainbridge Island during World War II.The film clips were taken from our current oral history collection, which we began filming in 2005. They are each 1–6 minutes in length.

History by Topic

Film Clips by Topic

Film Clips by Narrator