Interviewee: Masatoshi Matsunaga

Relationship to Nikkei gardeners: He and his father Teizo Matsunaga are/were both gardeners

Date: July 17, 2007

Location: Japanese American National Museum

Brief Summary: Masatoshi explains when his father first became a gardener

Transcription
My father's name is Teizo Matsunaga. My name is Masatoshi Matsunaga. He originally started off as a farmer, according to family history. And as - I don't know how he got into gardening, but I guess after the third child was born I think he wanted to move into the city. Either in the late, late 1900's, 1929 or early 1930's, he probably started. And he was working in Los Angeles.

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This interview was conducted as part of the Opening Day activities for the exhibition Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden.