Born in Hiroshima in 1895, the eldest daughter in her family.

Yukiko arranged to marry Mr. Furuta through a go-between in Japan in 1912. Mr. Furuta had been in the U.S. for 12 years by then and was saving money to buy land. In fact, the land that this oral history was conducted on was bought by Mr. Furuta before he returned to Japan to find a bride. After they married in Japan, together they traveled to Yokohama by train.

Traveled to San Francisco on a second-class trip, taking about 15 to 16 days. The Furutas stayed with Reverend Terasawa through the New Year.

They briefly stayed in Los Angeles at a hotel called the "Imperial [maybe Miyako] Hotel" around where Los Angeles City Hall is today, while Mr. Furuta commuted to the Huntington Beach area, asking a bank for a loan to build a home. He was successful because he hadland as collateral.

Mr. Furuta owned this land since 1910 and had a home built beginning in 1913 or so. They lived here, at least until 1982 when the interview was conducted.

Removed to Poston.

Returned to their home in Talbert

Yukiko briefly returned to Japan around 1962

Returned to their home in Talbert.

Born in Huntington Beach, CA, November 10, 1916.

Moved to Irvine Ranch, somewhere on Culver Drive, arriving on a horse and wagon.

Began attending Tustin Grammar School. According to outside sources, this was located on C Street, South of First Street.

Like many other Japanese who were not born in the U.S., they left the Irvine Ranch area because of the Alien Land Law, which presumably put specific pressures on the Irvine Company to not surreptitiously lease or sell land to Japanese people. Yoshida left to Chula Vista.

Moved back to Irvine Ranch. Unclear if the same residence on Culver Drive. He was able to take over his father's farm in Irvine in 1937, although it is not clear whether this was in legal terms or terms between his father and him.

Yoshida began taking Kendo lessons at the "Laguna Beach Japanese Language School" and also helping out with the teacher Mr. Aoki three nights per week. It is unclear if this is the Crystal Cove Japanese Language School, but it seems possible.

Attended Tustin High School, graduating in 1934.

Attended Santa Ana Junior College for about a year. This location was a temporary campus due to the Long Beach earthquake.

Removed to Poston War Relocation Center. While imprisoned, Yoshida said that he was required to have a formal hearing because of his prior interest in Kendo. He does not mention the fact that he was the President of the OC Japanese American Citizens League between 1941 and 1942, after which he assisted many who were without male heads of families because of FBI detainment. He does say that because he was involved in Kendo, his father, was detained at a separate camp in Bismarck, ND.

While at Poston War Relocation Center, he volunteered as a beet topper in Nebraska, where he was paid $.30 per hour.

Worked in a factory on the "East Coast," where he was paid $1.10 per hour.

Moved to Los Angeles, and eventually worked for the Growers Association and became Manager of OC Vegetable Growers Association.

Moved from Huntington Beach, CA to the Irvine Ranch, somewhere on Culver Drive.

Began attending Tustin Grammar School.

Moved to Chula Vista, CA

Moved back to Irvine Ranch.

Began taking Kendo lessons at the Laguna Beach Japanese Language School. It is unclear if this is the Crystal Cove Japanese Language School, but it seems unlikely.

Attended Santa Ana Junior College. This location was a temporary campus due to the Long Beach earthquake.

Removed to Poston War Relocation Center.

Moved to Los Angeles, and eventually worked for the Growers Association and became Manager of OC Vegetable Growers Association

Lived on the corner of Casa Loma and Citrus (now Bastanchury). The land that Iwatsuru's father owned at one point grew to 400 acres and is now a country club.

Iwatsuru attended Japanese Language school in Anaheim from a young age. It is unclear when she began or stopped, but she relates that as studies became more difficult and they got older, she did not continue. Location derived from Clarence Nishizu's account.

Fullerton High School (Fullerton Union HS)
Attendd Fullerton High School.

Iwatsuru was removed to the Santa Anita Racetrack as a temporary detention center in 1942.

Iwatsuru transferred to Rohwer War Relocation Center in Arkansas; She lived in Block 32.

Moved to Rocky Ford to join father and rest of family who were working on a farm.

Iwatsuru traveled to Yorba Linda to the same home as originally, to find out whether acquaintances and neighbors felt about their returning. Iwatsuru says she did experience some discrimination, but that things eventually returned to normal.

Iwatsuru moved to a separate property with her husband sometime soon after returning to Yorba Linda, which she lived on until the 1960s.

Iwatsuru attended Fullerton High School (now Fullerton Union High School).

Born in McCammon, ID around 1918.

After her mother died, Y. Kishiyama's father took his three daughters back to Japan. There she attended grammar school and high school.

Returned to the US via San Francisco.

Took a train to Ogden, UT.

Then taken by car by her brother to Idaho, where they farmed.

At some point, Y. Kishiyama moved to Phoenix, working in the flower store of who would eventually become her brother in law.

Removed to Mayer Assembly Center for about two months. Mayer was among the smallest of assembly centers, holding only around 200 people.

Moved to Los Angeles.

Moved to Anaheim, CA. It is unclear how long the Kishiyamas remained in Anaheim, as the interview with them took place in Los Angeles in 1973.

Moved to Japan.

Arrived in the US via San Francisco.

Moved to Idaho by car.

Moved to Phoenix at some point, although it is not clear when.

Removed to Mayer Assembly Center.

Returned to Los Angeles.

Moved to Anaheim.

Born in Oakland, CA.

Was living in Hermosa Beach, CA, attending Long Beach Junior College, majoring in advertising and art.

Traveled to Lawndale area to be escorted to a relocation center in April 1942.

Spent from April to August 1942 at the Santa Anita Assembly Center.

Uno was removed to the Rohwer War Relocation center in Arkansas and spent just under a year there.

Left camp to work at the Edgewater Beach hotel in Chicago.

Received draft notice and enlisted. Began training at Fort McClellan.

Uno was transferred to Military Intelligence School, despite the fact that, by his own admission, he could not write the entirety of hiragana, nor could he translate the required test material from English to Japanese.

Uno joined the Allied Translator Interpretor Service, spending sometime in the Philippines.

Uno spent six to seven months in Busan, Korea

Returned to Seattle after tour of service.

Discharged at Fort McCoy, WI.

Returned to Chicago, working as a photographer for a couple years.

Moved back to Southern California.

Moved to Santa Ana in 1959. This location is where the interview was given in 1971.

Uno spent six to seven months in Busan, Korea.

Born in Santa Ana, January 6, 1920. The youngest of three sons (Minoru, Hitoshi, and Mitsuo).

Attended Lathrop Middle School.

Attended Santa Ana High School.

Attended UC Davis for agriculture.

Drafted immediately after graduating UC Davis. During his time in training, his platoon leader recommended him to become an officer, but the Colonel "had stated there would be no 'J***' going to OCS out of his regiment."

Traveled to Parkville, where he married his wife Toki.

Eventually, Mitsuo was transferred to Officer Candidate School, at which point he was commissioned in January of 1945.

After being commissioned as an officer, Mitsuo participated in a round of basic training for recruits at Fort McClellan, before being shipped to northern Italy for occupation duty.

Mitsuo was stationed in Northern Italy, where he participated in moving POWs, a railroad regiment, equipment, and so on from Bolzano, Italy to Munich, Germany.

It is unclear whether this work in the military occurred in 1945 or 1946, but Mitsuo left the military in 1946.

Returned to Santa Ana, CA.

Drafted and went to Camp Shelby, MO.

Traveled to Fort Benning, GA, receiving training to be an officer.

Traveled to Fort McClellan to train with recruits.

Traveled to Northern Italy where he was stationed.

Participated in moving POWs, a railroad regiment, equipment, and so on from Bolzano, Italy to Munich, Germany.

Born in Santa Ana, August 1, 1918. The middle of three sons (Minoru, Hitoshi, and Mitsuo).

Traveled to Huntington Beach where he and family were transferred to Poston War Relocation Center by bus.

Left the camp briefly from September to November 1942 to work in Nebraska topping peas and picking potatoes.

Returned to Poston.

Left camp to work in Cleveland. First Minoru was working for the Yellow Cab Company as a mechanic, and second making "shafts for the landing duck" at a defense plant called Cleveland Steel Products.

Returned to home in Santa Ana.

Left the camp briefly from September to November 1942 to work in Nebraska topping pees and picking potatoes.

Torikawa village, Shinobu district, Fukushima Prefecture. 鳥川村、信夫郡、福島県
Born and grew up in Torikawa village, Shinobu district, Fukushima prefecture. This was later absorbed into Fukushima city.

Married Hyotaro Kaneko and moved to Wyoming with him.

Began working as a helper for a fruit dealer in Gardena, CA, located on Redondo Blvd and Hawthorne.

Moved to Moneta, now a part of Gardena, where a small Japantown existed, according to outside source.

Moved to Seal Beach, CA, taking over the land of Moritaro Tanamachi, brother of Torazo Tanamachi, because they were returning to Japan.

Visited Tujunga Detention Center three times, because Hyotaro was jailed there.

Removed to Poston War Relocation Center (Camp I, Block 37, Barrack 11, Room D).

Removed to Crystal City Family Internment Camp.

Traveled to Japan by way of Seattle, WA.

Arrived in Japan via Port Uraga, Yokosuka.

Torikawa village, Shinobu district, Fukushima Prefecture　鳥川村、信夫郡、福島県
Returned to Torikawa village for several years.

Returned to California. This location is the address where the interview was conducted. It is very possible that the Kanekos lived in other places before this home.

Returned to Torikawa village for several years.

Born in San Francisco, but immediately returned with family to Japan to be educated and raised.

Returned to Japan where she grew up and went to school. During this time, her father eventually returned to the United States alone, before the whole family later came.

Lived in Los Angeles with her family.

After meeting husband in 1914, they got married the same year and moved together to Wintersburg in Orange County.

At some point "before Pearl Harbor" Tashima and her husband moved to Garden Grove, although it is unclear when, or for how long.

At some point after the war, Tashima spent several months in Cleveland, because her husband was ill. Earlier in the interview, she mentions that her husband died in 1959 from Parkinson's disease. It is possible that this trip to Cleveland was around the same time, although she also mentioned that the time her husband was incarcerated at Tujunga Detention Center, he was very ill.

Moved to Wintersburg (Huntington Beach), CA.

Mary Nitta was born in Kingsburg, CA, but moved to Reedley, "a year or two" after being born.

Moved to Reedley, CA.

Attended UC Berkeley for pre-nursing training.

Attended Fresno County General Hospital for nursing training. Nitta was more or less forced to go home because of the removal of internment, although she was eventually awarded her nursing degree due to a law that allowed nurses degrees to be awarded in 28 months rather than 36 months.

Returned home to Reedley because of the evacuation order.

While at home in Reedley, Nitta worked at the Reedley Community Hospital, awaiting removal to Poston.

Traveled to USC with a single person escort, so that she could take the nurse's state board exams.

Returned to Santa Ana with now-husband, Hitoshi, in December 1944. They were among the first to return to Santa Ana, because they had applied for special permits to return, however, according to Nitta, the ban on living on the west coast was lifted at the beginning of 1945 anyways. While in Santa Ana, Nitta says that her home was used as a kind of hostel for returning Japanese internees to get their bearings in Orange County.

Attended UC Berkeley for prenursing.

Attended Fresno County General Hospital for nursing training. Nitta was more or less forced to go home because of the removal of Japanese and Japanese Americans, although she was eventually awarded her nursing degree due to a law that allowed nurses degrees to be awarded in 28 months rather than 36 months.

Kanno was born in Toyano city, which is now a part of Fukushima city.

Kanno studied in Fukushima to become a midwife.

Kanno worked as a midwife in Tokyo, training to get her midwife license for two or three years in Ushigome, dissolved in Shinjuku after the cities of Tokyo were reorganized. She left just before the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.

By chance, Kanno returned to Fukushima just before the earthquake, because her brother was very ill. At the same time, her husband to be, Mr. Kanno, happened to be in a neighboring municipality, Akaza. He, a single 34-year-old-man, and she, a 25-year-old single woman were set up.

Kanno traveled to the U.S. by way of Yokohama with her new husband on the Taiheiyo Maru.

Stopped in Hawaii for two days on the way to U.S.

Arrived in San Francisco.

Arrived and stayed at the New York Hotel of Los Angeles, which seems to have since been demolished.

Moved to Greenville, where husband farmed. According to Mrs. Kanno, her husband seems to have been successful. She says that he leased around 300 acres from a Mr. Borchard.

Kanno says that she was soon baptized after arriving in the U.S., around the time of Easter; her husband was a Christian and she became an active member at the old Wintersburg Church.

Kanno was sent to Poston, while her husband spent around a year in the Lordsburg detention center. After a year or so he was reunited with her in Poston. Her son George went to war in Germany at some point during this time.

Kanno returned to Talbert in Orange County, now a part of Fountain Valley. It is unclear of the circumstances of her return.

Kanno visited her home village in Japan with her children. She remarked that there was a plaque at the local Buddhist temple where her grandfather was mentioned.

Ishii was born in Fukuoka prefecture in 1883, the eldest son of Hisakichi and Toku Ishii.

Ishii went to Hawaii in 1899 at the age of 16, and began working on a sugar cane farm.

Ishii then traveled to the west coast, working on the railroads from the westcoast all the way to Colorado for about two years.

Ishii began working as a fruit and grape picker in Dinuba, CA for about a year.

Ishii began working on a farm in Orange County, hauling celery, working in the field, and delivering products to Smeltzer area (Huntington Beach).

Ishii then began his own farm in the Talbert area. In 1910, Ishii began leasing land from a Robert Bruce Wordlow (?), where he would move to in 1913.

In 1912, Ishii returned to Japan to find a bride, presumably in his home prefecture of Fukuoka.

Ishii moved to the property of a Wordlow(?) Family in 1913, building a house, farming, and living there for 50 years until the San Diego Freeway arrived (~1963) and he was forced out. Ishii primarily grew sugar beets, celery, alfalfa, and veggies. In the late 1920s he began processing peppers, and did so until the war. Around 1934, he began growing Asparagus, and did so until 1964. By the time of evacuation, he shared in farming about 240 acres. It is unclear where Ishii was incarcerated during the war, but it is very possible that he was not removed to Poston, but perhaps one of the "enemy alien" centers where mostly young men and heads of households were imprisoned.

Ishii moved to the property of a Wordlow (?) family in 1913, building a house, farming, and living there for 50 years until the San Diego Freeway arrived (~1963) and he was forced out. Ishii primarily grew sugar beets, celery, alfalfa, and veggies. In the late 1920s he began processing peppers, and did so until the war. Around 1934, he began growing Asparagus, and did so until 1964. By the time of evacuation, he shared in farming about 240 acres.

Born July 22, 1912 in Los Angeles.

Sometime "before kindergarten" Shigekawa moved to Anaheim.

Santa Ana Junior College (Santa Ana College today)
Shigekawa began attending Santa Ana Junior College after graduating high school in 1930.

Fullerton Junior College (Fullerton College today)
It is unclear how long Shigekawa attended Fullerton Junior College, but shortly afterwards, he began working far enough away that it was unlikely he could go to school at the same time.

While Shigekawa continued to live in Anaheim, he spent most of his time in San Pedro working as a fisherman.

Shigekawa was removed to Poston. He spent 11 months as the chief of police at Poston. Shigekawa was part of an important lawsuit against the US government that took place during the war. This was a lawsuit against the Major General Charles H. Bonesteel, commander of the Western Defense Command, against the exclusion of Japanese Americans from the west coast.

Shigekawa briefly returned to Anaheim to check on his property for three days; he was accompanied by a military escort. However, he says that he had a "hell of a time" while visiting friends of his in town. It is not clear what year he returned to Anaheim to visit, but more than likely was 1943 or 1944

Shigekawa briefly went to Los Angeles relating to the motion he and two other Japanese Americans filed against the U.S. government. It is unclear whether this was during 1944 or 1945, as the court case was filed in 1944 and decided upon in the middle of 1945, likely after Shigekawa and many other Japanese had been able to return to the west coast. This location is the location of a federal courthouse built in the late 1930s, although it is not clear that this is where Shigekawa went, it is likely this was the place.

Shigekawa returned to Anaheim in 1945.

Shigekawa began attending Santa Ana Junior College after graduating high school in 1930.

It is unclear how long Shigekawa attended Fullerton Junior College, but shortly afterwards, he began working far enough away that it was unlikely he could go to school at the same time.

Born December 9, 1916, in Oakland, CA.

Yoshitomi moved to Sacramento at some point after the market crash.

Yoshitomi returned to San Francisco at some point, working as a delivery person for two women who owned millinery and hat shop.

High School of Commerce, San Francisco, CA
Yoshitomi graduated from the High School of Commerce (now school district office) in 1935.

Yoshitomi moved to Reno, Nevada, but returned soon after because he could not tolerate the weather.

Yoshitomi returned to San Francisco, and began working with the Ottawa Matsuoka Company, a firm dealing with silk.

Yoshitomi spent from May to roughly August or September 1942 at a converted racetrack in Tanforan.

Removed to Topaz War Relocation Center.

Sometime either towards the end of the war or right after the war, Yoshitomi moved to Cleveland, where he opened a store for Japanese food.

In 1955, Yoshitomi moved to Anaheim, and bought land right near Disneyland, immediately before it opened.

Yoshitomi graduated from the High School of Commerce (now school district office) in 1935.

Born in Watari Town, about 15 miles south of Sendai.

Began attending Tohoku Gakuin High School department. Years are assumptions based on Kenji's description that he began studying at Tohoku Gakuin at the high school level.

Kikuchi arrived in California before the theological seminary's term had begun, so he traveled to the Imperial Valley to pick strawberries while he waited.

Attended theological seminary in San Francisco.

Attended postgraduate work in Theology at Princeton; the costs were covered by the seminary and other assistance.

Spent one summer working as an assistant pastor in the Japanese community in Sacramento.

While Kikuchi had originally planned to return to Japan after Princeton, he decided to take a pastor position in Garden Grove where a small Japanese farming community existed. Today the Wintersburg Presbyterian Church is in Santa Ana, but the historic church remains standing at this location.

Kikuchi briefly went to Japan since both he and his wife were ill.

Kikuchi was called to a Seattle Japanese Presbyterian Church, which he described as being on 9th and Jackson.

Began working at a Christian Community Center in Boyle Heights, which he described as being on Evergreen Street in Boyle Heights, east of a park. According to Kikuchi there was no Christian activity group, but Kikuchi was appointed as director of the Christian Center.

Began working as a minister at San Diego Congregational Church where an old Japanese town was. Kikuchi says that the church was somewhere on 13th street near downtown San Diego. Many of his congregants were fishers, who came from northern Japan, particularly Iwate, and had migrated to Mexico then San Diego.

Kikuchi and family were temporarily interned at Santa Anita Race Track, converted to a temporary detention facility.

Kikuchi was relocated to Camp III at Poston. He says that he was able to keep his church community active.

Many young people were allowed to leave Poston, so Kikuchi operated as a Japanese pastor at large for those young people in and around Chicago.

Returned to San Diego.

Retired from California Church. Worked as the Chaplain of a Christian College for Girls (Miyagi Gakuin) and Principal of a high school in Yamagata, Sendai.

Kikuchi says that as an Issei himself, he felt what many of the older Japanese were feeling, that they needed some kind of pastor, so he moved to Pasadena first, and began several temporary pastor appointments in several cities.

Invited to be a pastor at a Salt Lake City Church.

Moved to Hollywood Japanese Presbyterian Church as a minister.

Returned to the Yamagata High School to be principal for a short period, unclear how long.

Moved back to Orange County from Japan. It is not clear whether this location is the same that they lived when returning from Japan the second time, but it is where the interview was conducted.

Kikuchi commuted to Altadena, CA to preach on Sundays. Unclear when he stopped.

Began working at a Christian Community Center in Boyle Heights, which he described as being on Evergreen Street in Boyle Heights, East of a park. According to Kikuchi there was no Christian activity group, but Kikuchi was appointed as director of the Christian Center.

Nozaki village, Kaiso district, Wakayama Prefecture 野崎村、海草郡、和歌山県.
Born in Nozaki village, Kaiso District, Wakayama Prefecture, which is now Wakayama city.

Came to the US and met her father, Tomgusu Kamei for the first time.

Moved to Gardena.

Attended Gardena Elementary for a brief period, but eventually quit because of her age.

Moved to Buena Park with husband, Toranosuke Wada, but he took the Kamei family name upon marriage.

Moved to land on the Irvine Ranch, because the land in Buena Park was reportedly not good. This new land was near Peters Canyon in Tustin, on the corner of Bryan and Browning. It was also across from a Japanese school. They grew tomatoes, squash, and celery but did not make money.

Moved into the Santa Ana Canyon area, known as Olive, and today a part of Orange.

Moved to Westminster on Garden Grove Blvd. between Knott and Beach, near Hoover. This residence at the time may have been within Garden Grove limits.

During this time, the Kameis took over the lease of another farm near Trask and Magnolia.

Removed to Poston War Relocation Center, Camp I, Block 37. Forced to sell their land before being incarcerated. After returning from Rifle, Colorado, they were placed in Camp II, Block 207.

Briefly moved to Rifle, Colorado, where Kamei and her six other family members helped with harvesting sugar beets. They earned only $32 for a month of work between seven people.

Returned to the Garden Grove property, but it was no longer farmable land because the owner had changed it to dairy farming land. They then moved into an old dilapidated house that was leftover on the property.

Kameis leased land on Baker and where the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway runs today. They had no money to begin farming, but "just worked in the field to make money to start farming."

The Kameis bought land in Garden Grove, and Hiroshi Kamei, son of Shizu and Toranosuke, built a house for them and Shizu's parents. This plot of land was located on Harbor Blvd. between Trask and Westminster Blvd. Unclear how long Shizu lived at this location, but her husband died in 1957.

Shizu visited Japan twice in the 1950s. In one instance, she visited 88 sacred Buddhist temples in Shikoku on a pilgrimmage with a Koyasan Buddhist temple from Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.

Came to the US and met her father, Tomegusu Kamei for the first time.

Moved to Buena Park with husband, Toranosuke Wada, but he took the Kamei family upon marriage.

Removed to Poston War Relocation Center, Camp I, Block 37. Forced to sell their land before being interned. After returning from Rifle, Colorado, they were placed in Camp II, Block 207.

Returned to the Garden Grove property, but it was no longer farmable land because the owner had changed it to dariy farming land. They then moved into an old dilapidated house that was leftover on the property.

Born in Santa Ana.

Traveled to Huntington Beach as an assembly area prior to being removed to Poston.

Removed to Poston, AZ, traveling by bus in a convoy of a few buses.

Moved to Ann Arbor, MI in June 1943, working as an orderly in a university hospital.

Moved to Milwaukee to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering but did not finish.

Began attending Santa Ana College.

Attended UCLA, majoring in mechanical engineering, with a minor in agricultural engineering.

Returned to live in what would become Fountain Valley; Kanno was a major part of the incorporation of the city of Fountain Valley in 1957. He served as a councilman and the first mayor of Fountain Valley.

Angel Island, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Arrived in San Francisco at Angel Island on the Shunimaru at age 14. His father arrived to get him from Angel Island. This was the first time that Kishiyama met his father.

Moved to Richmand where his father was working on a "roundhouse"--a place where people worked on the railroads.

Soon after, Kishiyama moved to the Imperial Valley with his brother, helping raise cantaloupe and watermelon. He also attended grammar school there.

Kishiyama moved to Hollywood, working as a "schoolboy," helping around the house for an American family; he also attended school in Hollywood. After about 4-5 years, Kishiyama quit working as a schoolboy and began operating a vegetable stand in the area.

Moved to Phoenix, AZ, working as a flower grower, where he met his wife-to-be; they married in 1939.

Removed to Poston

Moved to Anaheim, CA. It is unclear how long the Kishiyama's remained in Anaheim, as the interview with them took place in Los Angeles in 1973.

Moved to Richmond, CA.

Moved to the Imperial Valley.

Moved to Hollywood.

Moved to Phoenix.

Traveled from an unknown village in Fukushima Prefecture. It is unclear whether this is the same village that his future wife, Mine Yabuki Kaneko, grew up in.

Departed Japan via Yokohama.

Arrived in US via Seattle.

Joined father in Utah for agricultural work.

Traveled to Wyoming to work for the Union Pacific.

Torikawa village, Shinobu district, Fukushima prefecture (鳥川村、信夫郡、福島県)
Returned to Japan seeking a wife. Met Mine Yabuki there and married.

Returned to Wyoming.

Jailed for 3 days as part of the round up of Japanese men.

Detained at Tujunga Detention Center, near Los Angeles.

Detained at Lordsburg Internment Camp, populated only by male, first-generation Japanese. Later used as a POW camp.

Departed Japan via Yokohama, arriving in Seattle.

Returned to Japan seeking a wife. Met Mine Yabuki there and married.

Moved to Los Angeles

Moved to Seal Beach, CA, taking over the land of Moritaro Tanamachi, brother of Torazo Tanamachi, because they were returning to Japan

Returned to Torikawa-mura for several years.

Returned to Santa Ana.

Akiyama was born in Ariake village, Minami Azumi district, Nagano prefecture (有明村、南安曇郡、長野県).

At age 18, Akiyama traveled to Ise, although it is unclear what it was for, Ise is known as a sightseeing and Shinto pilgrimmage location.

Akiyama traveled to Yokohama after obtaining passport and visa for the U.S., however, because the U.S. was stringently trying to keep out the eye disease trachoma, and Akiyama had very red eyes the morning of the medical examination, he was temporarily denied entry. After seeing a doctor, the doctor suggested he travel to Vancouver first, since they were apparently more relaxed on this front.

Traveled to Vancouver via Yokohama.

Traveled to Seattle via Train, staying just outside of Seattle for 6 months at a saw mill.

Traveled to San Francisco, but stayed only a short period because the recent earthquake had left the city in a poor state.

Moved to Orange County, where his cousin, Tsuneji Chino, was living and farming. He lived in Chino's labor camp from 1908 to 1909, where young men were hired to assist on farm work. After Chino closed his labor camp in 1909, it is unclear what Akiyama's living situation was exactly, but by 1910 he had teamed up with another Issei, Furuta, and began working the land of a Mr. Cole for several years. This turned into an enduring partnership, where Mr. Cole proposed Akiyama and Furuta take over his farm in 1912.

In 1915, with the continued partnership between Akiyama and Cole, Cole suggested that Akiyama come to Talbert to live in a small house that he had on the farm itself, which Akiyama accepted.

Through his colleague, Furuta, Akiyama arranged to marry Furuta's wife's sister. This was all arranged while she, Masuko Yajima, was living in Japan and Akiyama had only seen a photo, along with the agreement between both families. He traveled to San Francisco to greet her.

Akiyama got the idea to begin farming gold fish around this time, and moved back to Wintersburg to do so. The farm where he farmed fish was right next to the Furuta's, although it is not clear exactly where.

Akiyama traveled to DC for a convention of fish farmers to discuss, among other things, setting prices and what not in the wake of the depression.

Removed to Poston. Akiyama was not detained as an enemy alien at a local jail, Tujunga temporary detention center, nor Lordsburg Enemy Alien Detention Camp. It is not clear why this was the case, despite his relatively high standing in the community, although Akiyama and the interviewers speculate that it may have had to do with his hiring caucasians at his Goldfish farming business.

Stayed with daughter in Minnesota from May to July.

Returned to Los Angeles, then Orange County on August 8. This location is Akiyama's home at the time of interview (1982).

At age 18, Akiyama traveled to Ise, although it is unclear what it was for, Ise is known as a sightseeing and Shinto pilgrimmage location

Kanegae was born in Fountain Valley in 1918. Fountain Valley had not been established as a city yet, so it was possible that Kanegae grew up and was born in the Talbert enclave or nearby enclaves.

Kanegae was removed to Poston in May 1942.

Kanegae left Poston on a relocation program to Albuquerque, NM. Because Kanegae was a part of the employment agency at the camp, he happened to see a letter to or from a person in New Mexico who had an aviation business and also a farm. Kanegae was interested in aviation and was also a farmer, so that's how he wound up at that place in Albuquerque, where he and his family spent almost 3 years.

At one point before the war ended (unclear what year), Kanegae briefly returned to Orange County, presumably to check on property like others had done.

Returned to Orange County where he began farming again.

Imazu Village, Itoshima County, Fukuoka Prefecture (今津村, 糸島郡、福岡県)
Takahashi was born in Imazu village in Fukuoka prefecture, now a part of Fukuoka city.

Takahashi arrived in the U.S. via San Francisco.

Takahashi then traveled to Santa Anita where they lived. She worked with other women picking walnuts on a "Walnut Ranch" in El Monte on a piecework basis.

Moved to El Monte, CA.

Moved to Whittier, CA; she and her husband began growing flowers around 1920 or 1921. They also participated in going to a Society of Friends church in the area, presumably a Quaker denomination church.

Moved to La Habra Heights.

Blue Hills in East Whittier or La Habra Heights
Moved to somewhere in either East Whittier or La Habra Heights. Around 1929, they quit growing vegetables and only grew flowers.

Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center.

Removed to "Arkansas" War Relocation Center; there were 2 camps in Arkansas, one was Jerome, the other, Rohwer. It is unclear which one Takahashi was incarcerated in, but I have chosen to show the location of Jerome here to show a variety of locations.

Blue Hills in East Whittier or La Habra Heights
Returned to home in Whittier/La Habra Heights, which she says was "a mess" but the equipment remained, unlike others.

Arrived in the U.S. via San Francisco.

Arrived in Santa Anita, CA.

Moved to Whittier.

Moved to somewhere in Blue Hills in East Whittier or La Habra Heights.

Removed to Santa Anita.

Returned home to Whittier/La Habra Heights.

Born in Seattle, WA, April 16, 1915.

Moved to Imperial Valley for about 6 months.

Traveled through Los Angeles on the way to Japan.

Returned with entire family to Kagoshima prefecture where Fujii attended grammar and high school. However, at least by 1929, his family had returned to the U.S., leaving him to continue his studies in Japan.

While he had lived in Japan, his family set up a chop suey restaurant named after Nikko shrine in Japan, located where Lincoln Ave now runs. Fujii returned to Anaheim in June of 1934, living with his family at the age of 19.

Fremont Junior High, Anaheim, CA (now closed)
Because Fujii's family had the time and money, Fujii enrolled in middle school for a year, and then high school.

Fujii then attended Anaheim High School for a year.

Fullerton Junior College (now Fullerton College)
Attended Fullerton Junior College for 2 years.

Attended USC for an unknown amount of time, but presumably two years.

Removed to Poston, where he worked as an interpreter and described himself as part of the "Reception Committee," giving people instructions and assistance as they moved into camp. Fujii eventually became the judicial commissioner in the camp.

Taken to county jail in Phoenix, sometime in 1942 or 1943 for allgedly violating the Sedition Act. Fujii sent a letter to President Roosevelt, General John DeWitt, Governor Earl Warren, and Major Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles, that his and other Japanese

Returned to Orange County in 1945, spending about a week in Seal Beach at the Navy Arms Depot.

Fujii moved to North Hollywood, working at a Chinese restaurant with a George Wong on Lankershim Blvd. He also worked as a real estate agent and at the Japanese Consulate General in LA for a period.

Returned to Orange County in 1952, and lived in Garden Grove.

Because Fujii's family had the time and money, Fujii enrolled in middle school for a year, and then high school.

Attended Fullerton Junior College for 2 years.

Nishizu was born in Los Angeles, and lived on an Amelia, which ran North and South two blocks east of Alameda St. and dead ending on Turner in the South. While the location here is likely not exact, it is likely in the area.

Nishizu moved to Garden Grove towards Stanton at age 7. He lived "close to a Pacific Electric station called Cordinez, which is on Magnolia Ave a few hundred feet south of Orangewood."

Nishizu first attended grammar school at the Alamitos Grammar School on the corner of Magnolia and Chapman in Garden Grove.

Nishizu began attending the Garden Grove Japanese Grammar School in 1916. While it is unclear how long he continued there, he relates an anecdote in the "early 1920s" in which the textbook they were using changed from one about Japanese history to one about U.S. history.

George Washington Grammar School (now Garden Grove City Hall)
Nishizu attended George Washington Grammar School in Garden Grove, which was renamed Steven Fitz Grammar School in the 1950s, because of the principal in the 1920s. Today it is the Garden Grove City Hall.

Nishizu attended Garden Grove High School before transferring to Anaheim High School since his family movd to Anaheim.

Graduated from Anaheim High School.

Nishizu moved to an area in Anaheim, where Magnolia High School stands today. There his family farmed about 60 acres, but the land was not so great, so after about two years, they moved to Buena Park.

Nishizu moved to Buena Park, where Knott's Berry Farm parking now is.

Fullerton Junior College (Fullerton College today)
Nishizu attended Fullerton Junior College after graduating high school, and told his interviewer, "all of my life I had suffered from being on the farm and from being poor. Farming was the last thing I wanted to do….I took business administration courses--economics, accounting, mathematical theory of investment..."

Nishizu participated in an LA sumo tournament as a lightweight with George Nagamatsu Noboru Tamura, Harvey Murakami, and Roy Kanegae.

In September 1931, Nishizu left on a Pacific Judo tour which saw him travel through Hawaii, Japan, and Japan's Imperial holdings. The tour also included him meeting with well-known figures in Japanese politics of the time. It was called the Judo Kengaku Dan 柔道見学団. More on this below.

Arrived in Yokohama.

Stayed at the YMCA in Kanda, Tokyo.

Toured the Nikko shrine one day.

Judo tour

Tachibana Village, Kasuya County, Fukuoka Prefecture
This is Nishizu's family's hometown, which he visited while on the Judo tour. Tachibana village was absorbed into Shingu town in the postwar period.

Visited a friend in Sapporo while on the Judo tour.

Briefly stayed in Tokyo at the end of the Judo tour.

Nishizu participated in a Judo exhibition at LA coliseum.

In 1937, Nishizu added twenty acres on the NE corner of Moody and La Palma to farm celery, tomato, and kentucky beans; on the NW corner, he added 120 acres to farm chili peppers for dehydration.

Before Nishizu and others were incarcerated, in February 1942, he traveled with Jack Tsuhara to find places to move to in place of being removed to a camp. They were ultimately unsuccessful.

Driving around southwest to look for land to settle on in place of incarceration.

Nishizu visited a detention center holding Japanese, where he visited Taisuke Yasukochi and Yoshitaro Yoshimura.

Removed to Pomona Assembly Center.

Removed to Heart Mountain Relocation Center.

Visited George Doizaki at Keenesberg, CO to see his sugar beet harvesting operation.

Nishizu received a draft notice and went to Fort Logan for physical examination. He did not pass because of a previous knee injury.

Nishizu went to Poston to pick up his pickup truck from a friend who drove it there to give him, so that he could farm potatoes in Idaho.

Nishizu left camp to farm potatoes in the summer of 1944.

Nishizu left camp to farm potatoes and lettuce in Nampa and Caldwell, ID.

Nishizu returned to Buena Park in the Winter of 1945 to check on his property, but the person who had taken over his land lease had essentially bought the land out from under Nishizu, leaving him without recourse.

Nishizu moved to North Hollywood on Gault Street.

Nishizu briefly lived in San Clemente.

Nishizu began farming in San Clemente/Oceanside, on what is now Camp Pendleton with his cousins the Yoshimuras.

Nishizu moved to Melrose St. in Buena Park, right next to where the Trico Industrial Center was being built at the time.

In 1988, Nishizu visited Washington DC to view the signing of HR 442, the reparations bill for Japanese Americans.

Nishizu attended George Washington Grammar School in Garden Grove, which was renamed Steven Fitz Grammar School in the 1950s, because of the principal in the 1920s. Today it is the Garden Grove City Hall.

Nishizu attended Garden Grove High School before transferring to Anaheim High School since his family moved to Anaheim.

Nishizu attended Fullerton Junior College after graduating high school, and told his interviewer, "all of my life I had suffered from being on the farm and from being poor. Farming was the last thing I wanted to do….I took business administration courses--economics, accounting, mathematical theory of investment..."

This is Nishizu's family's hometown, which he visited while on the Judo tour. Tachibana village was absorbed into Shingu town in the postwar period.

Returned home.

Returned to Buena Park.

Born in Talbert in August 1916.

Ishii visited Fukuoka prefecture for about 6 months from December 1925 to May 1926. He visited together with Henry Kanegae's family, who lived very close to where his own family lived in Japan.

Returned to Talbert.

Ishii attended language school beginning around the age of 8 or 9, including Saturday lessons at the Wintersberg Church. It is unclear for how many years he went to language school, but many Nisei went less as they became older.

Attended Huntington Beach High School.

Attended Santa Ana College, graduating in accounting. Initially Ishii had wanted to go to Arizona State University for engineering but was unable to attend because of financial reasons. He describes the depression being particularly rough for his family.

Ishii attended accounting school in "Woodbury," although it is unclear whether this Woodbury in NE Burbank is the same university, it seems the most likely because this university has existed since the late 19th century. Nonetheless, he quit school there in the Summer of 1937 because accountants were not making enough money according to him.

Ishii returned to Talbert to work for his father until 1941.

Ishii received notice of draft in January 1941 and was drafted in March 1941, going to Camp Roberts for basic training.

Ishii was a part of the 115th Engineers, 40th Division, stationed in San Luis Obispo in July 1941.

In December 1941, he was sent to Southern California as a guard, stationed in north Hollywood Park.

Ishii was sent to Fort Sam Houston, TX, where he worked as an orderly, auditor, and ran the theater.

The 442nd Combat Team was formed, and Ishii was sent to Camp Shelby in MS, where he was made a first sergeant.

Ishii briefly returned to Orange County to visit his family's holdings on Magnolia and Warner, as well as a separate lease with a family friend, by the name of Mr. Wardlow.

Ishii spent around 20 months overseas, but it is unclear where he spent his time. He was discharge in November 1945, and married Kuniko Kawamoto in Chicago in January 1946.

Ishii returned to Orange County, where he resided until 1964. During this time, he ran for councilman of Fountain Valley in 1957 and again in 1958, serving from 1958 to 1962.

In 1964, Ishii quit farming in orange County, and moved to Fresno, more or less retiring.

Born in Salt Lake City, UT, in 1920.

Ishii's family moved to Los Angeles, because of the "extreme changes of climate" that took place in Salt Lake City.

At the age of 12, Ishii left her home voluntarily to work as a domestic because money was so tight in her family. There she made $8 per month and went to John Adams Junior High on Main and 30th. Rather than going to Audubon Junior High which was located in the neighborhood, she had to commute to John Adams Junior High because "In those days, they didn't have Japanese in those schools."

Around 1935, Ishii began working in the Wilshire area for $12 per month, taking care of 3 girls as a domestic. In 1940, she began attending City College. It isn't entirely clear what Ishii meant by "Wilshire," although it is likely she means somewhere from current day Koreatown west towards Beverly Hills.

Ishii began working as a domestic in San Marino in 1941.

Santa Anita Temporary Detention Center, CA
Ishii was removed to Santa Anita Temporary Detention Center.

Ishii was sent to Heart Mountain camp with her husband who she was in the process of marrying. Ishii's family otherwise went to Amache, CO, but because he was registered at a different church, Ishii was with her husband but separated from the rest of her family.

Ishii was removed to Santa Anita Temporary Detention Center.

Ishii moved to the property of Wordlow in 1913, building a house, farming, and living there for 50 years until the San Diego Freeway (1913) arrived and he was forced out. Ishii primarily grew sugar beets, celery, alfalfa, and veggies. In the late 1920s he began processing peppers, and did so until the war. Around 1934, he began growing Asparagus, and did so until 1964. By the time of evacuation, he shared in farming about 240 acres. It is unclear where Ishii was incarcerated during the war, but it is very possible that he was not removed to Poston, but perhaps one of the "enemy alien" centers where mostly young men and heads of households were imprisoned.

Ishii moved to the property of Wordlow in 1913, building a house, farming, and living there for 50 years until the San Diego Freeway (1913) arrived and he was forced out. Ishii primarily grew sugar beets, celery, alfalfa, and veggies. In the late 1920s he began processing peppers, and did so until the war. Around 1934, he began growing Asparagus, and did so until 1964. By the time of evacuation, he shared in farming about 240 acres.

Returned to Torikawa for several years.

Kanno visited her home village in Toyano City (Toriyanowatari), Fukushima, Japan with her children. She remarked that there was a plaque at the local Buddhist temple recognizing her family's contributions, written in Japanese.