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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 5—Struggle to Adjust
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In stark contrast to Shig, who had previously lived in Canada till age nine and …
Stan Kirk • Feb. 18, 2024
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Exile and Back: The Story of the Hirai Family
Chapter 2—Life in Postwar Japan: Hardships and Neighborly Support
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Difficult Relations with Relatives
On October 2, 1946, the Hirai family boarded th…
Stan Kirk • Jan. 28, 2024
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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times
Chapter 8 (Part 2) —Growth and Decline of Japanese Barbershop Business
In Part 1 of Chapter 8 about the growth of Japanese Barbershop businesses, I wrote about the Japane…
Ikuo Shinmasu • Aug. 16, 2022
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History of Seattle Nikkei Immigrants from The North American Times
Chapter 8 (Part 1)—Growth and Decline of Japanese Barbershop Business
In the last chapter, I wrote about the NYK Seattle shipping route which made a great contribution t…
Ikuo Shinmasu • Aug. 15, 2022
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 11 – Aki’s challenge and re-entry of her two daughters into the U.S.
In the last part, I wrote about Yoemon’s death from an unexpected accident and the family’s sorrowf…
Ikuo Shinmasu • April 22, 2020
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 5 – Barbershop business in its heyday
In Part 4, I shared how Yoemon’s Seattle-born children were left with Yoemon’s parents in Kamai and…
Ikuo Shinmasu • Oct. 23, 2019
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 3 – Marriage and family
Continuing with Part 2 in which I wrote about Yoemon’s single life in Seattle, this part shares Yoe…
Ikuo Shinmasu • Aug. 21, 2019
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 2 – Yoemon’s first job and life in Seattle
Part one introduced Yoemon’s hometown, Kamai, and how he sailed across the ocean via Hawaii, preten…
Ikuo Shinmasu • July 24, 2019
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Japanese Barber Shop in São Paulo
When a Nikkei gets a haircut in Brazil, they often hear that “cutting Oriental people’s hair is dif…
Henrique Minatogawa • Nov. 20, 2015
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