Ms. Nobuko Shiraishi was born in Tokyo. She came to the US about 40 years ago when she was 20 years old. At first, she simply wanted to...

I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Masato Nagao. Dr. Nagao was born in Hokkaido, the most northern prefecture of Japan, and came to...

I had the opportunity to speak with Mrs. Quade. This is her story. Mrs. Susan Sumiko Quade, born in 1929, came to the US with her husband...

I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Toshiko Hirata (平田登志子). The following is a brief summary of our conversation, translated from...

Season’s Greetings! I know Hatakeyama Sensei from the San Jose Kendo Dojo (www.sjkendo.com), where he is one of the talented and...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! During my Thanksgiving week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Jeff Teraoka. Currently...

I am acquainted with Ms. Wakita through the San Francisco Japanese School. She came to the U.S. 30 years ago from Osaka and now resides...

It was my pleasure to meet Ms. Orio, who came to the U.S. from Kagoshima 60 years ago and now lives in San Mateo. Here is a summary of...

Today, I spoke with Ms. Itakura, who came to the U.S. from Yokohama 40 years ago and now lives in San Jose. She’s pictured here with our...

While kindly consenting to speak with me, my first interviewee asked to me not to publish her name on my blog, so it’s not here. Here’s a...