Prefecture: Kyōto
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Miki Ōshima
B10, Miki Ōshima ‘86, Mrs Nagata, Grandmother, c 1920, Kyōto In May 1985, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Mrs Nagata, about Kyōto during the war. She was born around 1920 and was already married with young children during the worst years of the war. Q: What was the experience that made the strongest impression on…
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Yūjin (Eugene) Ōharu
S04, Yūjin (Eugene) Ōharu ‘18, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Grandfather, 1937, Kyōto, Manchuria, Siberia On November 7, 2016, I interviewed my maternal grandfather, Hiroshi Yamamoto. He was born in 1937 and is 79 years old. My mother and my grandmother also joined me for this interview. Yūjin (Me = M): Grandpa, where and when were you born?…
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Wako Huang
L04C, Wako Huang ‘04, Shin’ichi Numata, Neighbor, 1919, Yokohama: Naka-ku, Saitama, Kyōto, Gifu On November 11, 2002, I interviewed Shin’ichi Numata, my downstairs neighbor. He is 83 years old. Mr. Numata allowed me to interview him in person. He was an intelligent man, and never hesitated to inform me about his experiences during World War…
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Yukiko Yamaguchi
H18, Yukiko Yamaguchi ‘00, Mieko Oda, Grandmother, 1926, Kyōto On November 8, 1998, I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Mieko Oda, who is 72 years old. My grandmother was born and raised in Tango, located in the northern part of Kyōto prefecture, and that was where she was living during World War II. Japan officially became…
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Ichitarō Ōmura
J06, Ichitarō Ōmura ‘01, Mr Inoue, Grandfather, 1928, Kyōto, Hiroshima I interviewed Mr Inoue, who is my maternal grandfather, to learn about World War II. I heard that he was in the Naval Academy, but I didn’t hear exactly what he was doing or why he joined the Naval Academy. I rang him on Saturday…