Entrevistas

1. Life in Davao, Philippines

2. Kindergarten in Davao, Philippines

3. Evacuated to the Jungle

4. Captured by Guerillas after bombing of Pearl Harbor

5. Family was shipped back to Japan after the war

6. Attitudes toward Hikiagesha

7. Move to Los Angeles

8. First Impressions of the US

9. Life in the Philippines

10. Unique Identity from Having Multiple Backgrounds

11. On Nikkei Identity

12. Returning to the Philippines

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

(n. 1938) Hikiagesha nascida nas Filipinas que mais tarde imigrou para os Estados Unidos.

Life in the Philippines

The community of nearly 2,000 people – by the – the Pacific War started, I think many return to Japan, but still, quite a few numbers were there. And there were baseball group, judo group, small group, kendo, odori, and there were festivals – obon festivals, and parade. There’s a – a movie theater, a – a lot shops, a lot was going on.

Civilians were welcomed, but when the war became very difficult, I think that there were a lot of incidences that were negative, being, you know, like natives were attacked as well as civilian Japanese who were attacked and forced to do something they didn’t want to do, like giving up the food, and they – at the end, they did not have a good feeling toward – but during the time we left, I think the relationship was good.

comunidades Filipinas Segunda Guerra Mundial

Data: July 12, 2017

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Mitsue Watanabe, Yoko Nishimura, Leighton Okada

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura nasceu em Davao, Mindanao, Filipinas, em 25 de março de 1938, como a primeira filha de Katsujiro e Ura "Mie" Ashizawa. Ela tinha 7 anos em 1945, quando sua família teve que deixar as Filipinas após a derrota do Japão na Segunda Guerra Mundial. Sua família viveu em Shizuoka durante os 10 anos seguintes. Mais tarde, a família recebeu o status de residente nos Estados Unidos e chegou a Los Angeles em março de 1956. Sawako foi para a Alhambra High School e depois estudou em Pasadena City College. Ela finalmente encontrou um mentor generoso que ajudou a apoiá-la através de sua educação na Universidade do Estado de San Jose e tornou-se terapeuta ocupacional. Atualmente, ela é voluntária no Sakura Garden (antigo Keiro Retirement Home). (Março de 2018)