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1. From Japan to Argentina (Japanese)

2. Running a laundry service in Argentina (Japanese)

3. Initial struggles with the language barrier (Japanese)

4. Baptized by Perón (Japanese)

5. The most memorable day of his life (Japanese)

6. How he met his wife (Japanese)

Hokama,Ryoko

(b. 1917) Okinawan, Issei Argentinean

The most memorable day of his life (Japanese)

(Japanese) Probably the day I went to pick my wife up when she came to Buenos Aires... well they have to come through Montevideo--that’s how they all get here. They come to Santos, and a lot of people get off in Brazil. My wife is from Heibara, and Heibara is connected to Taira.

I*: So your wife was from the neighboring district?

Yes.

I: When your wife came off of the boat, what kind of clothes were you dressed in to welcome her?

Just regular ones. Of course, I worked for a laundry company so we had proper clothing... When I was about to go pick her up, I remember my father asking me “Are you going to wear that to pick her up?” (laughs) I thought about wearing them (gloves) since I was going to pick her up, but I decided to leave them [at home] I still have those gloves, actually.

* ”I” indicates an interviewer.

Argentina families

Date: November 28, 2006

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Interviewer: Takeshi Nishimura, Ricardo Hokama

Contributed by: Centro Nikkei Argentino

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