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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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-62-7)

The family's decision to expand and move the store

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-62-3)

Uwajimaya's produce section

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-62-2)

The introduction of pan-Asian products at Uwajimaya

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-62-10)

Being a part of Seattle's International District community: growth, change, leadership

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-62-5)

Various roles siblings play in running Uwajimaya, Inc.

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-62-6)

The deli section at Uwajimaya

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-62-1)

Walkthrough of Uwajimaya's seafood kitchen

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vh Tomio Moriguchi Interview IV Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-62-4)

The importance of noodles at Uwajimaya

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vh Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-299-4)

Father opens photo studio which caters to Hollywood customers

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