Richard Onishi Interview Segment 14
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ddr-jamsj-2-2-14 (Legacy UID: denshovh-orichard-01-0014)
SEGMENT DESCRIPTION
Reflections on owning a business in Japantown, community involvement
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.
00:04:25 — Segment 14 of 16
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INTERVIEW TITLE
Richard Onishi Interview
00:40:37 — 16 segments
DATE
October 25, 2004
LOCATION
San Jose, California
DESCRIPTION
Nisei male. Born October 15, 1931, in Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii. Moved to San Jose, California, from Hawaii in 1936. Grew up in San Jose's Japantown before the onset of World War II. Removed to Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Returned with family to San Jose, after the war, and helped to establish family business, Onishi Florist, in San Jose's 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.)
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Kristin Okimoto, interviewer; Mike Izumi, videographer
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Japanese American Museum of San Jose Collection
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Courtesy of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.