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The reason he came to the United States (Japanese)
Etsuo Hongo April 1, 2005
(Japanese) I was looking to go overseas, like America or some place. One day, I …
Family nursery business
Jimmy Ko Fukuhara February 6, 2015
We moved to Santa Monica in 1927 where Willy was born, and the nursery was …
My daughter couldn’t fit in Japan, so I decided to go back to America (Japanese)
Hachiro Ohtomo July 17, 2016
(Japanese) So I decided to go back to Japan for a while, and I did. …
Facing discrimination in America (Japanese)
Hachiro Ohtomo July 17, 2016
(Japanese) I don’t think people would ask me, ‘Can you do the job?’ if I …
Japanese were not welcomed back to Salinas
Tom Yuki March 22, 2018
Politically speaking, Salinas was also taken over by the people from Oklahoma, the Dustbowl people …
Felt no hostility in Los Gatos, California after the war
Tom Yuki March 22, 2018
Los Gatos in San Jose was a lot friendlier to the Japanese so we didn’t …
Okinawan Americans
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
The whole headquarters of the Okinawa Association of America is located in Gardena, so that’s …
Becoming first AA State Bar President in California
Holly J. Fujie July 11, 2019
At that time, the way it worked was that you were elected together with a …