Wartime Memories

Ward: Naka-ku

  • Marika Ezure

    E04, Marika Ezure ‘94, Emiko Ikenaga, Grandmother’s friend, 1921, Yokohama: Naka-ku, Ibaraki The woman whom I interviewed was Emiko Ikenaga. She is 71 years old and was born in 1921. Emiko Ikenaga is the friend of my maternal grandmother. The interview took place on November 22, 1992, at the old folks’ homes where her sister…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…