Editing Manzanar (section)

=== Recreation ===
[[File:Ansel Adams, Baseball game at Manzanar, 1943.jpg|thumb|right|A [[baseball]] game at Manzanar, 1943]]
People made life at Manzanar more tolerable through recreation. They participated in sports, including [[baseball]], [[American football|football]], [[basketball]], [[Association football|soccer]], [[volleyball]], [[softball]], and [[martial arts]].<ref name="Reflections8" /><ref name="colborn-roxworthy 2007"/><ref name="loc hartsell 20180517"/> A nine-hole golf course was built at the camp.<ref name="Reflections7" /><ref name="CAE168">Burton ''et al.'' (1999), p. 168.</ref> [[Lou Frizzell]] served as the musical director, and under his mentorship [[Mary Nomura]] became known as the "songbird of Manzanar" for her performances at dances and other camp events.<ref>{{citation|url=http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Mary_Nomura/|title=Mary Nomura|encyclopedia=Densho Encyclopedia|publisher=[[Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project]]|access-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310135957/http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Mary_Nomura/|archive-date=March 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Theatre performances—for internees, camp administration and WRA staff, and even for some members of the surrounding communities—included original productions by internees as well as traditional Japanese works of [[kabuki]] and [[noh]].<ref name="colborn-roxworthy 2007"/>

Internees, many of whom were relocated from their landscaping businesses in the Los Angeles area,<ref name="heitz 3"/> personalized and beautified their barren surroundings by building elaborate [[Japanese garden|gardens]] and parks, which often included pools, waterfalls, and rock ornaments.<ref name="nps japanese americans manzanar"/><ref name="colborn-roxworthy 2007"/> Competitions were often held between landscapers as they created gardens in the public spaces of the camp (such as between barracks).<ref name="heitz 4"/> The camp administration even allowed some gardens to be created outside the camp.<ref name="heitz 4"/> These helped create a sense of community and gave the internees a place to heal.<ref name="heitz 3"/> Remnants of some of the gardens, pools, and rock ornaments are still present at Manzanar, and there are plans to restore at least some of them.<ref name="mcstotts 2010"/><!--any updates since 2010?-->

One of the most popular pastimes for those incarcerated at Manzanar was baseball. The men there formed almost 100 baseball teams, and the women formed 14.<ref name="nytimes baseball 20140620">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/upshot/for-incarcerated-japanese-americans-baseball-was-wearing-the-american-flag.html |title=For Incarcerated Japanese-Americans, Baseball Was 'Wearing the American Flag' | first=Michael |last=Beschloss |date=June 20, 2014 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506113358/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/upshot/for-incarcerated-japanese-americans-baseball-was-wearing-the-american-flag.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Regular seasons were established, teams were divided into leagues, and championship games were held.<ref name="loc hartsell 20180517">{{cite web |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/05/baseball-americana-playing-behind-barbed-wire/ |title=Baseball Americana: Playing Behind Barbed Wire |first=Mark |last=Hartsell |date=May 17, 2018 |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-date=May 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503094834/https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/05/baseball-americana-playing-behind-barbed-wire/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The teams included both professional and amateur players.<ref name="american history byrd 20150318"/> Some of the players viewed playing baseball as a way to prove their loyalty to America, treating it like wearing an American flag.<ref name="nytimes baseball 20140620"/><ref name="american history byrd 20150318"/> Photographer [[Ansel Adams]] took his photo (right) as part of his effort to show how those incarcerated at Manzanar "overcome [their] sense of defeat and despair."<ref name="loc hartsell 20180517"/><ref name="nytimes baseball 20140620"/><ref name="american history byrd 20150318"/>

Many Japanese cultural celebrations were continued, though the official photos allowed out by the WRA rarely showed them.<ref name="heitz 2019"/> The New Year tradition of [[Mochi#Traditional preparation|''mochitsuki'']]—pounding glutinous rice into mochi—was regularly covered by the [[#Manzanar Free Press|camp newspaper]].<ref name="heitz 2019"/> Craftsman in the camp carved [[Geta (footwear)|''geta'']] for many of the residents, though the official photography only pointed out that they were useful for keeping above the dusty ground.<ref name="heitz 2019"/>