WWII Camp Wall

Call Directions Website Contact the organization

WWII Camp Wall The World War II Camp Wall memorializes The Japanese and others that were relocated to incarceration camps during WWII.

We teach about the incarceration experience during WWII, and furthermore, that this should never happen again to any group of people.

09/16/2026

Torrance World War II Japanese American Incarceration Camp Memorial is moving forward toward groundbreaking in November or December 2026, thanks to unanimous Torrance City Council support last night!

This memorial was spearheaded by longtime Torrance resident Kanji Sahara, who was one of over 125,000 Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated based on their ancestry in American concentration camps during World War II.

At Kanjiโ€™s and the communityโ€™s request, I was able to secure $5 million in state funding in 2021 for what will hopefully be a national memorial to this dark chapter in American history.

Thank you to the City of Torrance for your ongoing support for what will be a memorial for all Americans, so that we learn the lessons of history and never repeat these tragic mistakes again.

To donate and support this memorial, or for more information, pls visit www.TorranceCA.gov

Item 10B on the agenda: "...๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ $๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ $๐Ÿ–.๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก...
09/15/2026

Item 10B on the agenda: "...๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ $๐Ÿ•.๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ $๐Ÿ–.๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž
๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž๐ญ."

AN IMPORTANT CITY COUNCIL MEETING 9/15/2026.

The Agenda item link below gives detailed information up for discussion.

https://torranceca.primegov.com/api/compilemeetingattachmenthistory/historyattachment/?historyId=1b8e8fc9-0d2e-411b-a50e-168ab780177e

A visit to Sanyo Denki America by the WWII Camp Wall and Torrance City Council. Sanyo Denki America recently sponsored t...
09/14/2026

A visit to Sanyo Denki America by the WWII Camp Wall and Torrance City Council. Sanyo Denki America recently sponsored the WWIICW in the Nisei Week Parade and at our recent fundraiser.

L to r: Rieko Ogawa (SDA), Michael Garza (SDA), Nancy Hayata (WWIICW), Councilmember Sheikh, President of SDA, Hisashi Takahata, Mayor Kalani and Fran Fulton (City Manager's Office.

Getting caught up with Gregg Maedo, the pro bono architect that designed the prototype for the World War II Camp Wall.
09/09/2026

Getting caught up with Gregg Maedo, the pro bono architect that designed the prototype for the World War II Camp Wall.

As seen by a board member at Amache. To whoever put our cards on display, thank you!
09/04/2026

As seen by a board member at Amache. To whoever put our cards on display, thank you!

CBS LA covering our upcoming fundraiser on August 29th. It's a great piece on Tanaka Farms and the WWII Camp Wall.Get yo...
08/27/2026

CBS LA covering our upcoming fundraiser on August 29th. It's a great piece on Tanaka Farms and the WWII Camp Wall.

Get your parking now at oconatsumatsuri.org.

A preview of the 5th annual Natsu Matsuri summer festival in Irvine...

Kara Finnstrom came out to interview us for our fundraiser, OCO Natsu Matsuri at Tanaka Farms today. Watch for it on CBS...
08/25/2026

Kara Finnstrom came out to interview us for our fundraiser, OCO Natsu Matsuri at Tanaka Farms today.

Watch for it on CBS LA on either Wednesday or Thursday.

We sampled Matsuri food, saw the mikoshi-style furoto being made and even got to pick blackberries!

oconatsumatsuri.org

The WWII Camp Wall group at the 2026 Nisei Week Patade. Thank you to the City of Torrance Mayor, Councilmembers, Scout T...
08/17/2026

The WWII Camp Wall group at the 2026 Nisei Week Patade. Thank you to the City of Torrance Mayor, Councilmembers, Scout Troops 719 and 310G, and all of our friends that joined in.

Back again this year at OCO Natsu Matsuri, Rayko of Lo**ta Dark!!!She'll be singing "Harajuku Ondo" aka "Big City Girl's...
07/20/2026

Back again this year at OCO Natsu Matsuri, Rayko of Lo**ta Dark!!!

She'll be singing "Harajuku Ondo" aka "Big City Girl's Ondo" for us to dance to.

See the dance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKYuGipQgH8

Address

P. O. Box 11236
Torrance, CA
90510

Telephone

+14242798709

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when WWII Camp Wall posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to WWII Camp Wall:

Shortcuts

Sponsored

Share

Category