Interviews
Downtown in Portland, Oregon
I remembered living in this area, by the way. My parents operated a produce stand in Yamhill street markets. And I remembered a close friend taking me to kindergarten to Atkinson School, roughly 10 blocks away.
Date: December 5, 2005
Location: Oregon, US
Interviewer: Akemi Kikumura Yano, Sojin Kim
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum.
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