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Going back to Hawaii
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
I was born in Kumamoto. Among the nine siblings, I was the only one. I …
Clothes of plantation workers
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
For me, I think living in the hub of plantation life, right near the sugar …
Surviving after father's death
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
Life changed drastically when my father died. Until then, we had a fairly comfortable life. …
Washing for Filipino bachelors
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
She (my mother) got up early in the morning to do her laundry for the …
Brother leaves for war, survival
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
And at that time, when he came to pick up my brother, my mother never …
Doing chores
Barbara Kawakami February 19, 2004
All of us, she had assigned chores for us to do. My brothers had to …
Wife's family in Japan
Robert (Bob) Kiyoshi Okasaki November 28, 2003
Because I have no family here—I’m here by myself—I have more interaction with her family …
New Year's food
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
And I think that the Japanese Americans eat more Japanese food than the Japanese people …
Food growing up
Wayne Shigeto Yokoyama November 13, 2003
My parents spoke Japanese to each other. My mother would speak English sentences with Japanese …
His parents' experience with Japanese resistance toward intermarriage with Okinawans
Wally Kaname Yonamine December 16, 2003
My father was Okinawan and my mother Japanese, what they call Naichi. And those days, …
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