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DH: So, around 1938, some of your family was sent back to Japan. Would you describe how that happened and why that happened?

JH: Well, actually it happened in 1939. They -- there were six people, two of 'em who were my brother and sister, sent to Japan to get a Japanese education. Now, why that, what the thinking behind that was, I'm not sure. I always thought that they were sent there to get a Japanese education because of the thought of the Isseis were gonna make their fortune in America and then take it back to Japan and live comfortably in Japan. But there were some other thoughts behind why they did that or what the reasoning is, but unfortunately my sister was only in the sixth grade, and my brother was only in the eighth grade, when they were removed from the Bainbridge High School schools and sent to Japan with very meager amount of clothes or very little money, and were basically farmed out to my uncles and aunts, to get an education there. And unfortunately, my brother and sister were stuck in Japan during the war.

DH: So was Bainbridge Garden successful before the war?

JH: Absolutely. Bainbridge Gardens was on its way to being a showplace of the Northwest. And in fact, from what I understand, they were just getting out of debt when the war broke out. And, of course, the rest is history.

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