Japanese Immigrants
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When the Japanese immigrants arrived in the International District, they adapted to the environment extraordinary fast. The internment camp allowed them put their minds to hard work but at the same time learn to have a little bit of fun once in a while. These Japanese immigrants jumped on every opportunity to get involved in the way the Americans lived. They did what a typical teenager would do like to do, such as go to school and college, join Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, play sports like basketball and baseball, and listen to music or watch movies back in the day. The Japanese immigrants were important to the local economy because unlike the others around them, they worked their tails off. They did they what they had to do to live the life they wanted. They started to work in little places like hotels, restaurants, and laundries. The Japanese were very much depended on because they supplied most of the vegetables and milk to the region. But life wasn’t all too great because people were very racist back then. Additionally their homes were in pretty bad shape. Most ended up rebuilding, which took a long time building. The Japanese population began to expand and spread as soon as more immigrants started to come in. The Japanese immigrants didn’t live a simple life like most Americans; others treated them unfairly and poorly after the internment camps. (David Tamaki)

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