(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"02:19:51","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-378","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":620,"namepart":"Emi Somekawa"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010zw5t","namepart":"Somekawa, Emiko"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"November 21, 2011","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Emi Somekawa narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Somekawa, Emiko 88922nr010zw5t","download_large":"denshovh-semi-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1024-1","model":"entity","index":"9 959/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1024-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-1-mezzanine-896f8d13c3-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1024/ddr-densho-1024-1-mezzanine-896f8d13c3-a.jpg"},"title":"I Told You So","description":"Poet Lawson Inada shows how growing up in Fresno, California influenced his writing. He visits Tule Lake, the largest of the American concentration camps, where Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were American citizens, were imprisoned during World War II.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: I Told You So.\r\n\r\nSee this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-1.","extent":"00:17:56","links_children":"ddr-densho-1024-1","creators":[{"role":"filmmaker","namepart":"Kondo,Alan"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- California -- Fresno","id":"482"},{"term":"Arts and literature -- Literary arts -- Poetry","id":"246"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps","id":"65"}],"format":"av","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"motion_picture","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"1974","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Kondo,Alan filmmaker","download_large":"ddr-densho-1024-1-mezzanine-896f8d13c3-a.jpg"},{"id":"56","model":"narrator","index":"10 960/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/56/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/56/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mtom.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mtom.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/56/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tom Matsuoka","bio":"Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked up by the FBI on December 8, 1941, detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Seattle, then interned at the Department of Justice camp at Fort Missoula, Montana. Was transferred to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and then to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana, with his family as work crew. Established a farm in Chinook."},{"id":"149","model":"narrator","index":"11 961/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/149/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/149/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sart.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/sart.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/149/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Shibayama","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work company camp. Drafted into the army in the 1950s, even though considered an illegal alien, and served in Germany. Raised a family in Chicago, Illinois, and San Jose, California after military discharge. In recent years, attended several pilgrimages to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, as well as reunions of Japanese Peruvians. Involved in the Campaign for Justice, an effort to obtain redress for Japanese Latin Americans."},{"id":"51","model":"narrator","index":"12 962/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/51/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/51/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/51/interviews/"},"display_name":"George S. Matsui","bio":"Nisei male. Born March 1, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. Spent prewar childhood in Long Beach, California, but attended grade school and junior high in Japan. Returned to the United States to attend high school. In 1941, was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to Camp Roberts, San Luis Obispo, California for basic training. Was among the first Japanese American draftees. When World War II broke out, was summarily discharged from the army, reclassified to an enlisted reserve unit, and sent to Santa Anita Assembly Center and then incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Within two months of being incarcerated, was recalled for duty in the Military Intelligence Service. Received Bronze Star for securing the surrender of Japanese military and nonmilitary personnel on the island of Saipan. Served with MacArthur's General Headquarters in Japan."},{"id":"141","model":"narrator","index":"13 963/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/141/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/141/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/uharry.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/uharry.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/141/interviews/"},"display_name":"Harry Ueno","bio":"Nisei male. Born April 14, 1907, in Pauilo, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from 1915 to 1923, and settled on the mainland upon his return to the United States. Was married in 1930, and was removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. While in Manzanar, organized the Mess Hall Workers Union. Accused of beating up a suspected government informant and was placed in jail, sparking the so-called \"Manzanar Riot.\" Was moved to various jails and the Citizen Isolation Centers Leupp, Arizona, and Moab, Utah, before being reunited with his family in Tule Lake Segregation Center. After release from camp, moved to the Santa Clara Valley, raised three children, and became a farmer."},{"id":"982","model":"narrator","index":"14 964/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/982/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/982/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-493_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-densho-1000-493_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/982/interviews/"},"display_name":"Hannah Hirabayashi","bio":"Nisei-Sansei female. Born 1938 in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the town of Christopher, now part of Auburn, Washington, where parents ran a grocery store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to the Fort Missoula internment camp, Montana. The rest of the family went to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, then volunteered to help set up the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a short time in Spokane, Washington, before moving to Seattle. Grew up in Seattle, attending Catholic school and eventually becoming a teacher in the Catholic school system."},{"id":"ddr-pc-15-8","model":"entity","index":"15 965/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-15-8/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-pc-15-8/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-pc-15/ddr-pc-15-8-mezzanine-1170383c1c-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-pc-15/ddr-pc-15-8-mezzanine-1170383c1c-a.jpg"},"title":"The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 8 (February 25, 1943)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Nisei Citizenship Rights Upheld By Court. Federal Appellate Court Affirms Decision of Lower Tribunal in Test Suit of Native Sons Group\" (p. 1), \"Registration of Adult Evacuees Nears Completion\" (p. 1), 'Stiff Prison Sentences Given Men Who Attacked JACL Head\" (p. 1), \"Meatless Tuesdays, Fridays to Be Observed At Topaz Center\" (p. 1), \"27 Arrested By Authorities At Tule Lake. Group Alleged to Have Interfered with Registration at Camp\" (p. 2), \"New Santa Barbara Group Will Seek Permanent Exclusion of Evacuees from California Area\" (p. 2), \"Death Valley Camp Closed\" (p. 2), \"Consumers Paid 20 Millions More for Vegetables in L.A. Since Evacuation, Is Report\" (p. 3), \"Legality of Army Evacuation of Coast Japanese Argued In U.S. District Appeals Court\" (p. 3), \"Editorial: Segregating the Disloyal\" (p. 4), \"Citizenship Status of Nisei Joining Internees Unaffected\" (p. 8).","extent":"Pacific Citizen","links_children":"ddr-pc-15-8","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"The Japanese American Citizens League"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Pacific Citizen","rights":"cc","genre":"periodical","location":"Salt Lake City, Utah","creation":"February 25, 1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"The Japanese American Citizens League publisher","download_large":"ddr-pc-15-8-mezzanine-1170383c1c-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-44","model":"entity","index":"16 966/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-44/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-44/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mwilliam-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mwilliam-01-a.jpg"},"title":"William Marutani Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born March 31, 1923, in Kent, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp to attend college in South Dakota, was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with the Military Intelligence Service during the postwar occupation of Japan. After military service, became an attorney and then a judge. Served as the legal counsel for the Japanese American Citizens League from 1962 to 1970. Was the only Japanese American appointed to serve on the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) during the redress movement.
(This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to one hour. The interviews therefore focused primarily on a single topic, namely, the narrator's role in the redress movement.)","extent":"00:52:56","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-44","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":50,"namepart":"William Marutani"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Gary Kawaguchi"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr015zq9m","namepart":"Marutani, William Masaharu"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"University of CA, Los Angeles","creation":"September 11, 1997","status":"completed","search_hidden":"William Marutani narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nGary Kawaguchi interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer Marutani, William Masaharu 88922nr015zq9m","download_large":"denshovh-mwilliam-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"214","model":"narrator","index":"17 967/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/214/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/214/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ibetty.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ibetty.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/214/interviews/"},"display_name":"Betty Fumiye Ito","bio":"Nisei female. Born March 29, 1918, in Seattle, Washington, and spent childhood in Medina and Bellevue, Washington. While in high school was a member of the Bellevue Strawberry Festival's Queen's Court. In 1939 married Kenji Ito, a prominent Japanese American lawyer who practiced in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, recounts her experiences as her husband was picked up by the FBI on the evening of December 7, 1941. Describes the trial and acquittal of her husband after he was accused of working as a non-registered agent for Japan. After the trial, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, resettled in the Los Angeles area."},{"id":"120","model":"narrator","index":"18 968/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/120/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/120/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ttomiye.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ttomiye.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/120/interviews/"},"display_name":"Tomiye Terasaki","bio":"Kibei female. Born October 5, 1910, in San Francisco, California. At age three, sent to live with grandfather and receive education in Fukuoka, Japan. After high school, temporarily moved to Tokyo and assisted family-owned business. In 1929, returned to U.S. to join parents in Sacramento. After arranged marriage to Mr. Tadao Sakita, moved to Los Angeles, raised three children and jointly ran a successful cafe. Returned to Sacramento after the bombing of Pearl Harbor to be with family in 1942, until all persons of Japanese ancestry were removed from West Coast. Gave birth to a son while at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, and converted to Christianity. Remarried to Mr. Terasaki after first husband's death. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Terasaki resided in Los Angeles, making and repairing Japanese calligraphy scrolls."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-410","model":"entity","index":"19 969/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-410/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-410/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-swarren-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-swarren-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Warren Koichi Suzuki Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born February 27, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. At age ten, was sent to Japan to live and attend school. Returned to Seattle prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Answered \"no-no\" on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire\" and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Seattle and lived with then wife and child in a hostel located in Seattle's Japanese language school. Established a postwar career with the City of Seattle.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"01:44:28","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-410","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":664,"namepart":"Warren Koichi Suzuki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Tom Ikeda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0110h76","namepart":"Suzuki, Koichi Warren"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 10, 2012","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Warren Koichi Suzuki narrator \nTom Ikeda interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Suzuki, Koichi Warren 88922nr0110h76","download_large":"denshovh-swarren-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-432","model":"entity","index":"20 970/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-432/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-432/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ytokio-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ytokio-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tokio Yamane Interview","description":"Kibei male. Born September 2, 1922, in Hawaii. Moved with family to Hiroshima at age three, then returned to the Fresno area of the U.S. for high school. During World War II, was sent to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. While at Jerome, refused to answer the so-called \"loyalty questions\" and was transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp when it became a segregation center. At the end of 1943, was involved in a confrontation with camp administrators and was severely beaten by War Relocation Officials and thrown in Tule Lake's stockade. While in the stockade, participated in a hunger strike, and later helped to organize young people's groups with the goal of going to Japan. Eventually renounced U.S. citizenship and was sent to the Santa Fe Department of Justice camp before expatriation to Japan. Remained in Japan after the war, working for the U.S. occupation army and then in private business.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"04:42:24","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-432","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":847,"namepart":"Yamane, Tokio"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Sachiko Takita-Ishii"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Yoko Murakawa"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr006gt3d","namepart":"Yamane, Tokio"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Japan","creation":"May 23, 2004","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yamane, Tokio narrator \nSachiko Takita-Ishii interviewer \nYoko Murakawa interviewer Yamane, Tokio 88922nr006gt3d","download_large":"denshovh-ytokio-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-26-46","model":"entity","index":"21 971/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-46/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-26-46/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-26/ddr-csujad-26-46-mezzanine-11fbab09e9-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-26/ddr-csujad-26-46-mezzanine-11fbab09e9-a.jpg"},"title":"Tulean dispatch magazine section: holiday edition","description":"Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes: \"An editorial\" by Howard M. Imazeki; \"Her name is woman\" by Riley O'Suga; \"Christmas tree\" by Shuji Kimura; \"Six old bachelors\" by Miyoko Takagi; \"Looking back\" by Eugene Okada; \"Great American tragedy\" by Tsuyoshi Nakamura; \"Pure hell\" by Yukio Ozaki; \"Junior miss\" by Glenn Sato; poetry by Ken Yasuda and Harumi Mary Sakai; \"Corn on the cob\" by Toko Fujii; Illustrations by Mas Inada, Dick Kurihara, Mas Hirata, and Mosao Goi. Current issue contains a special school section of work by children including: \"Christmas last year\" by Henry Akiyana; \"Back home\" by Chiyoko Ishibashi; Poetry by Irene Yoshimura, Reiko Higashi, Minoru Manji, and Ken Miura; Illustrations by Takeshi Yamamoto, Taeko Masui, Florence Oshiro, Bobbie Eto, and Lois Ono. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_03_16_001","extent":"42 pages, typescript; illustrations","links_children":"ddr-csujad-26-46","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"War Relocation Authority"},{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Tule Lake Relocation Center"},{"role":"editor","namepart":"Nakamura, George J."},{"role":"editor","namepart":"Kurihara, Dick"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications","id":"74"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Arts and literature","id":"172"},{"term":"Journalism and media","id":"387"},{"term":"Community activities -- Festivals, celebrations, and holidays","id":"25"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library","rights":"nocc","genre":"periodical","location":"Newell, California","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"Jan-43","status":"completed","search_hidden":"War Relocation Authority publisher \nTule Lake Relocation Center publisher \nNakamura, George J. editor \nKurihara, Dick editor","download_large":"ddr-csujad-26-46-mezzanine-11fbab09e9-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-59","model":"entity","index":"22 972/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-59/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-59/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomio Moriguchi Interview I","description":"Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with his seven brothers and sisters -- prior to and while attending Bailey Gatzert Elementary, Garfield High School, and the University of Washington. Worked at the Boeing Company before leaving to help run Uwajimaya, becoming CEO and President of Uwajimaya in 1965. In addition, served and held leadership positions in more than 40 civic, social, and professional organizations, and has received numerous honors and awards from both the Nikkei community, and the non-Nikkei mainstream. At the time of this interview, Uwajimaya was the largest food-related Japanese American owned business in the Pacific Northwest, remaining largely a \"family business.\"","extent":"02:50:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-59","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":60,"namepart":"Tomio Moriguchi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle","id":"293"},{"term":"Industry and employment -- Small business -- Grocery stores","id":"371"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010kf7v","namepart":"Moriguchi, Tomio"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"October 20, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tomio Moriguchi narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Moriguchi, Tomio 88922nr010kf7v","download_large":"denshovh-mtomio-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-61","model":"entity","index":"23 973/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-61/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-61/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-03-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-03-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomio Moriguchi Interview III","description":"Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with his seven brothers and sisters -- prior to and while attending Bailey Gatzert Elementary, Garfield High School, and the University of Washington. Worked at the Boeing Company before leaving to help run Uwajimaya, becoming CEO and President of Uwajimaya in 1965. In addition, served and held leadership positions in more than 40 civic, social, and professional organizations, and has received numerous honors and awards from both the Nikkei community, and the non-Nikkei mainstream. At the time of this interview, Uwajimaya was the largest food-related Japanese American owned business in the Pacific Northwest, remaining largely a \"family business.\"","extent":"00:12:37","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-61","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":60,"namepart":"Tomio Moriguchi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle","id":"293"},{"term":"Industry and employment -- Small business -- Grocery stores","id":"371"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010kf7v","namepart":"Moriguchi, Tomio"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"February 14, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tomio Moriguchi narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Moriguchi, Tomio 88922nr010kf7v","download_large":"denshovh-mtomio-03-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-60","model":"entity","index":"24 974/{'value': 988, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-60/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-60/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-mtomio-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomio Moriguchi Interview II","description":"Ni-ten-gosei (Nisei/Sansei) male. Born April 16, 1936, in Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, was incarcerated with his family at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, resettled in Seattle's Nihonmachi, where his father reestablished the family business, Uwajimaya, selling Japanese foodstuff and other items. Worked at Uwajimaya throughout his childhood -- along with his seven brothers and sisters -- prior to and while attending Bailey Gatzert Elementary, Garfield High School, and the University of Washington. Worked at the Boeing Company before leaving to help run Uwajimaya, becoming CEO and President of Uwajimaya in 1965. In addition, served and held leadership positions in more than 40 civic, social, and professional organizations, and has received numerous honors and awards from both the Nikkei community, and the non-Nikkei mainstream. At the time of this interview, Uwajimaya was the largest food-related Japanese American owned business in the Pacific Northwest, remaining largely a \"family business.\"","extent":"02:55:28","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-60","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":60,"namepart":"Tomio Moriguchi"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Becky Fukuda"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington -- Seattle","id":"293"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"Industry and employment -- Small business -- Grocery stores","id":"371"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010kf7v","namepart":"Moriguchi, Tomio"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","facility":[{"term":"Tule Lake","id":"10"}],"creation":"December 9, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tomio Moriguchi narrator \nBecky Fukuda interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Moriguchi, Tomio 88922nr010kf7v","download_large":"denshovh-mtomio-02-a.jpg"}],"query":{"query":{"query_string":{"query":"Tule Lake, California","fields":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"],"analyze_wildcard":false,"allow_leading_wildcard":false,"default_operator":"AND"}},"aggs":{"facility":{"nested":{"path":"facility"},"aggs":{"facility_ids":{"terms":{"field":"facility.id","size":1000}}}},"format":{"terms":{"field":"format"}},"genre":{"terms":{"field":"genre"}},"rights":{"terms":{"field":"rights"}},"topics":{"nested":{"path":"topics"},"aggs":{"topics_ids":{"terms":{"field":"topics.id","size":1000}}}}},"_source":["id","model","links_html","links_json","links_img","links_thumb","links_children","status","public","title","description","contributor","creators","creators.namepart","facility","format","genre","geography","label","language","creation","location","persons","rights","topics","image_url","display_name","bio","extent","search_hidden"]}}