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Tough life at boarding house (Japanese)
Akira Takashio August 4, 2015
(Japanese) There was a boarding house. It was cheap. People like helpers of gardeners were …
Immigration ship Brazil-maru (Japanese)
Akira Takashio August 4, 2015
(Japanese) Well, yes. We the youngsters gathered and partied, which made the captain mad. And …
Learning Japanese to speak to relatives in Japan
Miko Kaihara June 1, 2018
At the time I dreaded going, I thought oh why am I learning this language …
His family's migration to Salinas, California
Tom Yuki March 22, 2018
My grandfather came over from Japan in the 1890s. He was the third son of …
His Shin-Issei parents
Kishi Bashi August 21, 2018
They met in Seattle, as students, University of Washington. My dad’s from Mie-ken, Mia Prefecture, …
General reasons why people left Japan for Peru
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
I don’t know what the attraction of Peru was versus the United States, but I …
Great grandfather Asato was a sumo wrestler
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
He came to Peru because there was…there was competition, great competition between sumo wrestlers in …
Grandfather loved to tell her stories of her great-grandfather Arakaki
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
So he told me my grandma Arakaki’s side, that’s the grandpa that was college educated, …
Parents leaving Peru to move to California
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
In the eighties Peru’s economy wasn’t as great as it is now. And so in …
Working together in Okinawa using three languages
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
When we were in Okinawa, one thing that I think perfectly describes how confusing it …
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