First work in America (Japanese)

Coming to America (Japanese) First work in America (Japanese) Bad business deal (Japanese) Japan vs. the United States (Japanese) Company in Tokyo burned down (Japanese) Match-making (Japanese) Two race horses (Japanese) Buying violin (Japanese)

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(Japanese) I first went to San Pedro and worked in a cannery. Then I got on a boat for Washington to do tuna fishing which I did until I was 29 years old. I made 8000 yen (dollars?) and went home to Japan. When I went home…. My family had a grocery store. I said I was going home, and my mother fell and broke her leg and so was in bed. Ever since I was a child, my family had a store that sold everything.

Date: October 14 & 17, 2004
Location: California, US
Interviewer: Eriko Yamamoto
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum.

family fishing migration

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