Wartime Memories

Tag: Yokohama: Naka-ku

  • Judy Lam

    E11C, Judy Lam ‘94 , Lam Jin Sung, Grandmother, 1923, Gunma, Yokohama: Naka-ku, Nishi-ku I interviewed my grandmother on December 1, 1992. She is my father’s mother and is 69 years old. Q: How old were you during World War II?A: I was 16 when it started [in Europe] and 22 when it ended. I…

  • Durrah Salam

    E13M, Durrah Salam ‘94, Misako Barbu, Teacher, 1934,Yokohama: Naka-ku Mrs Barbu, my teacher, was only eleven years old at the end of the war and the beginning of the U.S. Occupation. In November 1992, I asked her about her experiences at that time.  She lived in Yokohama with her mother and her little baby sister.…

  • Sakura Sugibayashi

    E15, Sakura Sugibayashi ‘94, Kuni Yamanaka, Grandmother, 1915, Yokohama: Naka-ku, Midori-ku, Mongolia I interviewed my maternal grandmother at her shop, on December 2, 1992. She is 77 years old and was born in 1915. Q: How old were you during World War II?A: Let’s see . . . I was about 26 when the war…

  • Aileen Jo

    D02C, Aileen Jo ‘91, “Anyan,” Grandmother, c 1924, Hyōgo, Nagano, China, Yokohama: Naka-ku In November 1989, I asked my grandmother (whom I call “Anyan”) about her wartime memories. She was a teenager and young adult during the worst years of the war.  Q: Anyan, I’d like to ask you some questions about your experiences during…

  • Haruka Shiga

    W04, Haruka Shiga ‘22, Nao Mori, Grandmother’s friend, 1933,Yokohama: Naka-ku, Nishi-ku My grandmother’s friend, Mrs Nao Mori, lives in Yokohama. She was born in 1933 and grew up during World War II. I interviewed her in November 2020. Q. How old were you at the beginning of World War II? A. I was in the…

  • Elina Fachtmann

    J02GN, Elina Fachtmann ‘01, Juliana Yamaguchi, Grandmother, 1930, Yokohama: Naka-ku I interviewed my grandmother, Juliana Yamaguchi, who is currently 69 years old, at her house in November 1999. I would like to share with you her experiences during World War II. She talked to me in Japanese while I took notes. I would like to…

  • Hoi Kit Lo

    K04C, Hoi Kit Lo ‘02, Yukio Muramatsu, Neighbor, 1928, Ehime, Yokohama: Naka-ku I wanted to interview my grandparents, but they live in China. I thought that I wouldn’t learn much from them during a phone conversation, so I decided to interview someone in Japan. Since I live in a large residential building, there are a…

  • Miyu Arai

    L01, Miyu Arai ‘04, Tsuneko Nakagawa, Grandmother, 1932, Shizuoka, Yokohama: Naka-ku This interview with Tsuneko Nakagawa (who is now 70 years old) was held on November 9, 2002, at the Nakagawa house in Miyamaedaira in northwestern Kawasaki. Nakagawa Tsuneko is my grandmother. A= Miyu Arai T= Tsuneko Nakagawa A: How old were you when the…

  • 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…

  • Lisa Tashiro

    N10G, Lisa Tashiro ‘07, Heinz Meibergen, Grandfather, 1910, Germany, Yokohama: Naka-ku I wanted to interview my grandmother, Teruko Meibergen. Unfortunately, due to her forgetfulness, she did not have much information to share with me. She seemed reluctant to talk about her experiences during the war time. She was about 12 years old and lived in…