Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows the transfer of the Buddhist temple altar (naijin) to the new Stockton Buddhist Temple on November 14, 1926. Crowds assemble outside the banner-draped temple facade; the processional group assembles for a group photograph, including children in chigo costume and elaborate headdress, and Buddhist priests in their robes (01:28).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.