Julie Okamura
Julie Okamura is the great-granddaughter-in-law of Miyoshi Okamura. She wrote Miyoshi's story and produced the video about her in 2015.
Updated June 2018
Stories from This Author
Miyoshi Yokota Okamura: Japanese Picture Bride
June 20, 2018 • Julie Okamura
If you were walking down the street in Pocatello, Idaho on a Saturday in the 1960’s, there is a good chance you would have run into Miyoshi Okamura- or Mrs. Oki as she was known to many of Pocatello’s residents. Miyoshi was diminutive, less than five feet tall, but nobody doubted her strength or the size of her heart. From the smile on her face and the kind words she spoke, each person she met felt loved and important. After …