The Nichi Bei Foundation has led more than 2,000 people on five Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimages, reconnecting the community to our forgotten legacy at the former Immigration Station, where up to 85,000 persons of Japanese descent were detained between 1910 and 1940. Launched in 2014, the Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage reconnects participants to their family legacies with the help of partners such as the California Genealogical Society. Held in partnership with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and the National Japanese American Historical Society, the pilgrimage also honors those who rediscovered the forgotten Immigration Station barracks in the 1970s, and those who took up the preservation efforts shortly thereafter.
2022 Angel Island Pilgrimage Highlights
See the full range of activities from the most recent Angel Island Pilgrimage in October 2022.
Join the sixth Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage
Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Angel Island Immigration Station, Angel Island, CA
ATTENDANCE LIMITED TO 300 PERSONS
DEADLINE EXTENDED: ORDER BY 5 P.M. on SEPT. 19, 2024 • LIMITED: First come, first served
Packages from SF and Tiburon ferries, plus buses from Sacramento and San Jose Japantown
FREE Family History Consultations with the California Genealogical Society
Taiko performance and Bon Odori dancing featuring a special collaboration between Bonbu Stories/TaikoPeace
Talk by David Mineta, about the journey of his grandmother, Kane Mineta
Talk by Grant Din, co-curator of “Taken From Their Families: Japanese American Incarceration on Angel Island During World War II,” on the Japanese American experience on Angel Island
Talk by Linda Harms Okazaki on discovering your family history
Japanese bento lunches (pre-order)
Shuttle from Ayala Cove to Immigration Station (optional, but strongly recommended for seniors and small children)
SPECIAL NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BUS PACKAGES
(Includes charter bus fee, Tiburon ferry, bentos, entrance fees, program)
SACRAMENTO PACKAGE (Limit 50):
Nichi Bei Members: $60 age 6 and older
Non-Members: $75 age 6 and older
Loads 6:45 a.m. / Departs 7 a.m.
from Tenrikyo High Sacramento Church, 2216 6th St., Sacramento
SAN JOSE PACKAGE (Limit 50):
Nichi Bei Members: $60 age 6 and older
Non-Members: $75 age 6 and older
Loads 7:15 a.m. / Departs 7:30 a.m.
from Issei Memorial Building (San Jose JACL)
565 North 5th St., San Jose’s Japantown
*NOTE: For the Nichi Bei Member price, order must be from Members/Subscribers of the Nichi Bei News
FERRY PACKAGES ONLY (Includes ferry, entrance fees, program)
SF FERRY PACKAGE (NO BUS):
depart: 10:15 a.m. from Gate B of the S.F. Ferry Terminal (Golden Gate Ferry), behind the SF Ferry Building
$25 for Adults ages 19-64
$20 for Youth ages 5-18 and Seniors 65+
TIBURON FERRY PACKAGE (NO BUS):
depart: 10 a.m. from 21 Main Street, Tiburon
$25 for Adults ages 13-64
$21 for Youth ages 6-12 and Seniors 65+
$12 for Small Children ages 3-5
DEADLINE EXTENDED: ORDER BY 5 P.M. on SEPT. 19, 2024 • LIMITED: First come, first served
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Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage in the Nichi Bei News
- Community honors Issei, dives into family histories, at 5th Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage
- Historic pilgrimage reconnects Japanese American community to Angel Island immigration station (Oct. 30, 2014)
- Preserving family histories for the future: Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage (Nov. 8, 2018)
- Pilgrimage sheds light on JA immigration history, honors those who preserved it (Oct. 15, 2015)
- FAMILY REUNION: Third annual Nikkei Angel Island Pilgrimage reunites families with legacies (Oct. 13, 2016)
- NIKKEI ANGEL ISLAND CHRONICLES: Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans on Angel Island
- NIKKEI ANGEL ISLAND CHRONICLES: The Shigenaga brothers’ detention on Angel Island and the continent during WWII
- NIKKEI ANGEL ISLAND CHRONICLES: Nikkei family makes historic visit to see ancestor’s inscription on Angel Island
- Alexander Weiss, who discovered Angel Island carvings, dies
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