Small business

Japanese American businesses, such as groceries, fish shops, laundries, barbershops, public bathhouses, restaurants, drugstores, and dry goods stores, sprang up in communities along the West Coast. Women and children were vitally important to these "mom and pop" enterprises, as their free labor allowed the family to survive and even prosper during lean times.

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Junkoh Harui Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-11-5)
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Idyllic memories of growing up in Bainbridge Gardens, 27 acres to "roam and play"

This interview was done outdoors in the Bainbridge Gardens Nursery which resulted in increased background noise and frequent interruptions by the business P.A. system.

Junkoh Harui Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-11-3)
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Description of Bainbridge Gardens: "People would come to see this for many, many miles"

This interview was done outdoors in the Bainbridge Gardens Nursery which resulted in increased background noise and frequent interruptions by the business P.A. system.

Junkoh Harui Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-11-4)
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Family-run grocery store and gas station on Bainbridge Island

This interview was done outdoors in the Bainbridge Gardens Nursery which resulted in increased background noise and frequent interruptions by the business P.A. system.

Junkoh Harui Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-11-2)
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Acquiring land and clearing it to start nursery: Bainbridge Gardens

This interview was done outdoors in the Bainbridge Gardens Nursery which resulted in increased background noise and frequent interruptions by the business P.A. system.

Junkoh Harui Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-11-10)
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Memories of childhood

This interview was done outdoors in the Bainbridge Gardens Nursery which resulted in increased background noise and frequent interruptions by the business P.A. system.

Junkoh Harui Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-11-24)
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Present and future plans for Bainbridge Gardens, as a "wonderful legacy"

This interview was done outdoors in the Bainbridge Gardens Nursery which resulted in increased background noise and frequent interruptions by the business P.A. system.

Kenji Maruko Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1010-8-2)
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Father's prewar bicycle shop

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.

Gerald L. Beppu Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-435-1-1)
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Father's acquisition of Togo's Tackle shop This interview was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture.
Katsugo Miho Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1022-2-3)
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Description of various industries and professions within the Japanese American Community
Gerald L. Beppu Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-435-1-4)
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The origins of Linc's Tackle: receiving help from a non-Japanese American insurance agent after the war This interview was supported, in part, by a grant from 4Culture.
Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 22 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-22)
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Description of family's Chinese restaurant

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 19 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-19)
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Opening a Chinese restaurant in San Jose, California, after World War II

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-3)
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Family's grocery store in Salinas's Little Japantown

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 25 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-25)
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Description of family restaurant and the Japanese American community

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

Perry Dobashi Interview Segment 18 (ddr-jamsj-2-3-18)
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Thoughts on running a business in the changing Japantown community

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

Perry Dobashi Interview Segment 15 (ddr-jamsj-2-3-15)
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Getting involved in the family business postwar

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

Perry Dobashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-jamsj-2-3-5)
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Description of family's store in prewar San Jose Japantown

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

Perry Dobashi Interview Segment 17 (ddr-jamsj-2-3-17)
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Typical working conditions at Dobashi Market: hundred-pound rice sacks

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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