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Grandmother's influence on decision to go to Japan
Robert (Bob) Kiyoshi Okasaki November 28, 2003
I think it's my grandmother that made me come to Japan. As I said, my …
Wife's family in Japan
Robert (Bob) Kiyoshi Okasaki November 28, 2003
Because I have no family here—I’m here by myself—I have more interaction with her family …
Lack of language skills
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
At that time, I think Japan was still used to “Foreigners just cannot speak Japanese.” …
Acculturation
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
Moving here, looking like a Japanese and not speaking it really felt strange. I think …
New Year's food
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
And I think that the Japanese Americans eat more Japanese food than the Japanese people …
Japanese are more accustomed to foreigners
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
Because we look Japanese, but we really didn’t know the Japanese customs, the Japanese language…the …
Food growing up
Wayne Shigeto Yokoyama November 13, 2003
My parents spoke Japanese to each other. My mother would speak English sentences with Japanese …
His parents' experience with Japanese resistance toward intermarriage with Okinawans
Wally Kaname Yonamine December 16, 2003
My father was Okinawan and my mother Japanese, what they call Naichi. And those days, …
Training for football by carrying 100-lb bags of grass over mountains
Wally Kaname Yonamine December 16, 2003
When I was a ninth grade, I went to Lahainaluna. Where I was staying, I …
Working in cane fields as teenager to supplement family income
Wally Kaname Yonamine December 16, 2003
Well, when I was 12, 14 years old, all the kids used to work in …
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