Ward: Naka-ku
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…