Prefecture: Kanagawa
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Lynn Stevenson Hatayama
S06U, Lynn Stevenson Hatayama ‘18, Seiichi Hatayama, Grandfather, 1941, Terue Hatayama, Grandmother, 1942, Nagano, Kanagawa-ken: Odawara I interviewed both of my maternal grandparents separately on October 30, 2016, at their house. Seiichi Hatayama, 75 years old, is my grandfather. First I asked him how old he was during World War II and the U.S. Occupation,…
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Pamela Bernard
K01B, Pamela Bernard ‘02, Tomohisa Ōishi, Uncle, 1935, Yokohama: Nishi-ku, Kanagawa: Hadano-shi I interviewed Tomohisa Ōishi, who is my uncle, my mother’s oldest brother. He is 65 years old and was born in 1935. During World War II, he lived in a place called Sengen-chō, not far from Yokohama Station in Nishi-ku. When war broke…
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Erica Tanaka
K10, Erica Tanaka ‘02, Emiko Watanabe, Grandmother, 1933,Yokohama: Naka-ku, Kanagawa: Hakone-machi, Miyagi On the evening of November 5, 2000, I interviewed Mrs Emiko Watanabe, my maternal grandmother. She explained in detail her experiences and her memories of World War II. She is 67 years old presently, and therefore she was in grade school, eight years…
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Shin’ichirō Tanaka
N09, Shin’ichirō Tanaka ‘07, Ryūji Katayama, Grandfather, 1931, Kanagawa: Fujisawa-shi, Aichi, Tōkyō My grandfather’s name is Ryūji Katayama. He lives in Fujisawa city in Kanagawa. I interviewed him on October 27, 2005. Q. What is your age? How old were you during the Second World War? A. I am 73 years old. I was born…
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Wako Osada
F06, Wako Osada ‘97, Kayoko Tadokoro, Grandmother, 1924, Yokohama: Minami-ku, Kanagawa: Hakone-machi, Shizuoka In December 1995, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Kayoko Tadokoro, about her experiences during World War II. She is currently 71 years old. Q: How old were you during the war? Where were you living?A: I was 21 years old, when the…
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Amy Tomalavage
G12U, Amy Tomalavage ‘99, Makoto Sendai, Family friend, 1932, Kanagawa: Kawasaki-shi On November 16, 1997, I interviewed a family friend named Makoto Sendai, who lives in Yokohama. He was nine years old at the start of the war, and he lived in Kawasaki then. Q: How did you react to the beginning of World War…
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Colin Novick
H15U, Colin Novick ‘00, Teruko Satō, Neighbor, 1904, Kanagawa: Hayama-machi, Hokkaidō, Korea, Australia On November 14, 1998, I spoke with Mrs Teruko Satō, who turned 94 years old on August 23rd. She now lives in Hayama with her niece. Her life has been very interesting and probably not the life of an average Japanese woman…
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Haruko Wakabayashi
A09U, Haruko Wakabayashi ‘85, Toshio Nishioka, Grandfather, c 1923, Kanagawa: Ōiso-machi, China, Korea I interviewed my maternal grandfather in May 1984. He was born around 1923 and turned sixty last year. Q: I would like to ask you first about the conscription (draft) system. A: I got a small red paper called akagami. It said which unit…