Group Media & Photos

Zenji and Kiku Takahashi and family. Daughter Haruko, center with glasses. JCCH/Konko Mission of Wahiawa Collection.

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Dressmaking class, ca. 1927. Haruko Takahashi, age 17, second from left. JCCH/Konko Mission of Wahiawa Collection.

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Rev. Haruko Takahashi, age 25, after Konko-kyo spiritual training in Fukuoka, 1935. JCCH/Konko Mission of Wahiawa Collection.

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Rev. Haruko Takahashi, founder of the Konko Mission of Wahiawa, Oahu Island. JCCH/Konko Mission of Wahiawa Collection.

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Grey suitcase with key and tag attached. Used by internee Haruko Takahashi. JCCH/Takahashi Family Collection.

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Grey suitcase with hand sewn cover with zipper and initials "HT" stitched with grosgrain, c. 1943-1944. Made by internee Haruko Takahashi. JCCH/Takahashi Family Collection.

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Rev. Haruko Takahashi (1910-1972), founder of the Konko Mission of Wahiawa, Oahu Island. JCCH/Konko Mission of Wahiawa Collection.

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Internment Locations

Arrested: December 1941

Sand Island Internment Camp, Honolulu, Oahu Island

January 1942 - March 1943

Honouliuli Internment Camp, Oahu Island

March 1943 - July 1944

Paroled: July 1944

A small number of women were arrested and then interned at Honouliuli Internment Camp. In addition to Haruko Takahashi, women incarcerated in the camp included Masako Fujimura, Irene Umeno Harada, Helen Shizuko Nakagawa, Yasue Takahashi, and Ryuto Tsuda.