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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img Paul and Kenji Ima with barracks in background (ddr-densho-483-1101)

Black and white photo of Paul and Kenji Ima. Caption on photo "May 1944" written in dark blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-1101/

img Sign from Ima family hotel on 4th Ave (ddr-densho-483-1)

AFL recognizes this house as a UNION HOUSE

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-1/

vh Louise Kashino Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-31-4)

Helping out with the family store

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-31-4/

vh Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-33-4)

"Nihonburo": Japanese style public soaking baths

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-33-4/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-184-7)

Father's business: receiving produce from farmers as payment for goods

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-7/

vh Hideo Hoshide Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-184-6)

Father's drugstore as a community gathering place

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-184-6/

vh Art Abe Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-206-5)

Parents' work prewar: hotel business, grocery store

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-206-5/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-50-10)

The establishment of business associations in Seattle's Japantown

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-10/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-50-7)

The development of Seattle's Japantown businesses and industries

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-7/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-50-12)

Comparing Japanese community development with other immigrant groups

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-12/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-50-11)

Role of the business associations in the development of Seattle's Japantown's businesses and industries

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-11/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-50-13)

Gambling and the Japanese American underworld

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-13/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-50-6)

"Ken" (prefecture) connections: how Japanese geography affected Japanese American businesses

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-6/

vh Fumi Kaseguma Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-203-4)

Helping in family's dry cleaning shop

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-203-4/

vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-63-2)

Early years in Seattle, opening a retail store

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-63-2/

vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-63-3)

Saving money to start the family business, Higo's Ten Cent Store

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-63-3/

vh Jim Akutsu Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-2-4)

The family business survives embezzlement and the Great Depression

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-2-4/

vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-59-4)

Description of father, values and personal philosophies

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-59-4/

vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-59-3)

Running store and raising the family, "The quiet strength" of mother

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-59-3/

vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview I Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-59-2)

Father's business making and delivering food to the Issei work camps, origins of Uwajimaya

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-59-2/

vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview III Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-61-3)

The cooking process for satsumaage

Filmed on location.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-61-3/

vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview III Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-61-1)

Where it all began, a look at the current production of satsumaage and a discussion of how it differs from when his father first made it by hand

Filmed on location.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-61-1/

vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview III Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-61-4)

Walking through the process of making satsumaage

Filmed on location.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-61-4/

vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview III Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-61-2)

The equipment used in making satsumaage

Filmed on location.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-61-2/

vh Mae Iseri Yamada Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-267-5)

Father's penchant for communication and customer service

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-267-5/