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Taiko considered "Jazz" in the Philippines
Johnny Mori October 15, 2004
From there (Tokyo), we went to the Philippines. And then in the Philippines, this is …

Life in Davao, Philippines
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
Father went to Philippines, because it was only available country at that time to go …

Kindergarten in Davao, Philippines
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
I went to kindergarten in Nishi-Honganji when we were still in Davao, and the – …

Evacuated to the Jungle
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
The war became much more intense, so we had to escape into the jungle. And …

Captured by Guerillas after bombing of Pearl Harbor
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
Pearl Harbor – that time was December 8, 1941, and I was about three, I …

Family was shipped back to Japan after the war
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
The news of end of the war reached, and we all came out of the …

Attitudes toward Hikiagesha
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
1954 when we applied for US citizenship, that we found out – we found out …

Life in the Philippines
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
The community of nearly 2,000 people – by the – the Pacific War started, I …

Unique Identity from Having Multiple Backgrounds
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
Throughout my life, I think, I identified as Japanese, because that’s most of the – …

Returning to the Philippines
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
It was like dream come true, because I – what I remembered from my childhood, …