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JT: What kind of things did you do as a young boy with your brother or playing with other friends? Were there other Japanese kids around?

KT: Yeah.

JT: Do you remember who they might have been?

KT: I remember we used to play Kick the Can. [Laughs]

JT: How do you play Kick the Can? I mean, I can see what you would do, but what was the object of the game?

KT: I'm not sure. [Laughs]

JT: We used to play that, too, and I'm not sure either. Is it like Hide and Go Seek? You kick the can and someone hides?

KT: Maybe so, I don't know.

JT: Okay, well, what else did you play besides Kick the Can?

KT: Oh, probably played catch. Because baseball was pretty popular. They had this Alameda Tai-kai baseball team.

JT: Oh, so do you remember anything about that baseball team? Were you on it?

KT: No. [Laughs] I wasn't very good.

JT: Well, maybe you weren't old enough yet.

KT: Well, that was true, too. But I guess...

JT: What do you remember about the Alameda Tai-kai?

KT: Well, they played, I think, during the baseball season.

JT: Who did they play against?

KT: There's a lot of teams that used to come and play.

JT: In the Bay Area?

KT: Well, like Fresno...

JT: Oh, they had a circuit. Did you go to the games?

KT: Yeah.

JT: Where did they play?

KT: There's a baseball field that the Alameda... I don't know whether it was a city property or what.

JT: Oh, was it McKinley Park?

KT: Right near there.

JT: Right down the... and did you go after church on Sundays?

KT: I guess so, yeah. And there's a lot of teams that were from the Bay Area.

JT: Stockton and Sacramento, and they all came, right? But did you ever play sports as a kid?

KT: Not really.

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