Wartime Memories

Tag: Yokohama: Naka-ku

  • Yumi Moriguchi

    K05, Yumi Moriguchi ‘02, Fumiko Nakano, Grandmother, 1913, China, Korea, Nagasaki, Yokohama: Naka-ku On November 5, 2000, I interviewed my grandmother, Fumiko Nakano, who is 87 years old. My grandmother wasn’t directly involved in combat in World War II, because she was living in Kyūshū, but she had an interesting experience in China before the…

  • Eri (Elly) Nonaka

    K06, Eri (Elly) Nonaka ‘02, Hideo Nonaka, Grandfather, 1920,  Tōkyō, Yokohama: Naka-ku The only person that I am really close to who is old enough to answer my questions is my grandfather. His name is Hideo Nonaka, and he is 80 years old. He lives right in front of my house, so it was really…

  • 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…

  • Karen (Jia-lin) Hsu

    G03C, Karen (Jia-lin) Hsu ‘99, Grandmother, 1916,  Yokohama: Naka-ku In November 1997, I interviewed my paternal grandmother, who is now 81 years old. She experienced World War II when she and her family lived in Yamashita-chō [Yokohama Chinatown] when she was in her 20s. She survived the harsh conditions of the war. I asked her…

  • Sinead O’Keeffe

    H16Ir, Sinead O’Keeffe ‘00, Norberto Sequeira, Family friend, 1928, China, Yokohama: Naka-ku Norberto Sequeira was born in 1928 in Yokohama. His nickname is Nori. He grew up in Yokohama, attending Saint Joseph College, as well as in Shanghai, where his father was a wealthy merchant of Portuguese origin, although he had never lived in Portugal.…

  • Shōta Miyazaki

    J03, Shōta Miyazaki ‘01, Ikeu Mihashi, Grandmother, 1927, Yokohama: Naka-ku, Indonesia I interviewed my grandmother for this project on November 11, 1999, at my house, because we live together. Her name is Ikue Mihashi, and she is 71 years old. She was born in 1927, in present-day Ueno-machi in Naka-ku, Yokohama She lived with her…

  • Naho Yamada

    J11, Naho Yamada ‘01, Masako Yamada, Grandmother, 1925,Yokohama: Naka-ku I interviewed my paternal grandmother, Masako Yamada, who is 74 years old, at my house on Friday night, October 29, 1999. Until 1942, the Japanese Army and Navy were conquering the Asia-Pacific area rapidly. But after the Battle of Midway took place in June 1942, when…