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 Japanese. Hirata was born in...

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

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

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 in San Jose. Here’s a...

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 our discussion, transl...

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 Secretary, Joe. Here...

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 summary of our talk...