Days I spent aching for Japan in tears (Japanese)

Sings traditional plantation labor song (ho-le ho-le bushi) in Japanese and Hawaiian Days I spent aching for Japan in tears (Japanese) Tough work on plantation (Japanese) Leaving children in daycare all day to work (Japanese) How we were treated on plantation after the attack on Pearl Harbor (Japanese)

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(Japanese) I came to America in 1919. My father and mother were here. So they called me over. Back then I missed Japan so much that I cried every day. I ached for Japan.

Date: June and July, 1991
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Robert Nakamura, Karen Ishizuka
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

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