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Matsumoto,Roy H.

Difficulties understanding different Japanese dialects

Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003

I am familiar with Hiroshima because everybody talked like that and I grew up with …

Kosaki,Richard

Teaching at the military language school during World War II

Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004

My Japanese was quite good in terms of writing and so forth. One of the …

Kosaki,Richard

Lesson learned from community college faculty

Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004

We had a cooking program, one-year cooking program at Kapiolani Community College, it's a small …

Kosaki,Richard

Rewards of teaching

Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004

I think it's rewarding, but you're not gonna make money. I still remember, 'cause I …

Shibayama,Art

Learning English upon discovering that family could not return to Peru

Art Shibayama October 26, 2003

At that time, Peru wouldn't take us back. They didn't want to take us back …

Shibayama,Art

Playing baseball along with American Nisei and Kibei

Art Shibayama October 26, 2003

And then the other thing is when we went to Seabrook, we made our own …

Adachi,Pat

Relationship with my father

Pat Adachi October 21, 2004

My father started [inaudible -- problem with tape] what was Woodward's at the time, and …

Wakabayashi,Kimi

Arranged marriage

Kimi Wakabayashi January 10, 2005

I*: Could you tell me about the experience about how the marriage was arranged? Marriage? …

Wakabayashi,Kimi

Her early life in Canada

Kimi Wakabayashi January 10, 2005

I*: So when you came to Saskatchewan, how did you feel? Well, I forget but …

Ito,Mitsuo

Japanese school

Mitsuo Ito March 23, 2005

Yes, we went to Japanese school every Saturday morning, about three, four hours Saturday morning. …

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