Group Media & Photos

Dan Toru Nishikawa, World War II internee. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan and Grace Nishikawa's wedding photo. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa with wife, Grace, and son, Albert. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Nishikawa. "Sand Island Internment Camp," December 1942, pencil. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Women's section, Honouliuli Internment Camp, April 1943, colored pencil. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Inside the mess hall, Honouliuli Internment Camp, April 1943. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Mess hall exterior, Honouliuli Internment Camp, June 1943, pencil. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Road leading to a guard tower, Honouliuli Internment Camp, May 1943, colored charcoal. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. River near Honouliuli Internment Camp, colored charcoal. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Internees making crafts, Honouliuli Internment Camp, April 1943, pencil. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Miniature chest of drawers. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Miniature tansu with carved mountain scenery. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Cowry shell necklace, Honouliuli Internment Camp. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Shell hat band, Honouliuli Internment Camp. Gift to his niece, former First Lady Jean Ariyoshi, when she was nine years old. JCCH/Jean Ariyoshi Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Display of shell craft (three belts, hand-painted shells), Honouliuli Internment Camp. JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Dan Toru Nishikawa. Shell collection display, ʺAt Honouliuli Camp 1943.ʺ JCCH/Dan Toru Nishikawa Collection.

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Internment Locations

Arrested: October 1942

Sand Island Internment Camp, Honolulu, Oahu Island

October 1942 - March 1943

Honouliuli Internment Camp, Oahu Island

March 1943 - May 1944

Paroled: May 1944

Released from Parole: March 1945

Dan Toru Nishikawa was a Kibei Nisei: born in Hawaii and educated in Japan. Returning to the islands at the age of 20, he attended Mid-Pacific Institute to learn English and, at the same time, helped his father with his dry goods distribution business. 

When the Great Depression brought an end to the family business, Nishikawa went to work as a salesman for the Nippu Jiji Japanese language newspaper. 

He married Grace Togawa and they had a son, Albert. Nishikawa's imprisonment imposed a severe financial burden on his young family. Nishikawa was paroled after eighteen months of confinement in May 1944.