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TY: [Jpn.] Then, were there many Japanese in Tacoma?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yes, there were quite a few Japanese between Seattle and there.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] By the way, if your husband was from Fukushima Prefecture, was there an organization for Fukushima Prefecture people?

MK: [Jpn.] No. He couldn't go to the Fukushima Prefecture one because he was too busy.

TY: [Jpn.] Oh, he couldn't, either.

MK: [Jpn.] To attend such an organization, you had to go into town, Seattle.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] It's far away.

TY: [Jpn.] They held some picnics.

MK: [Jpn.] They did that often in those days. By car.

TY: [Jpn.] Well, you didn't have time.

MK: [Jpn.] Yes, that's right. So we never went.

TY: [Jpn.] By the way, I heard this from your family. Your husband...

MK: [Eng.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] He played baseball in those days...

MK: [Jpn.] He liked baseball very much.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes. He was also a member of a karuta club.

MK: [Jpn.] That's right. Yeah, he played karuta and also did jujitsu.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] They did judo, too. People like those things.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] So we have a picture. Some of them.

TY: [Jpn.] Did he actually play baseball?

MK: [Jpn.] What?

TY: [Jpn.] Did he actually play baseball? Did he join a team?

MK: [Jpn.] That's what I heard. In Tacoma, though.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] Not when we were here. He was too busy.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] When he was in Tacoma. He did many things while he was single.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] So he went out of town to play, too, I assume.

MK: [Eng.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] I understand there were many Japanese teams.

MK: [Jpn.] Yes, I heard there were.

TY: [Jpn.] Where...

MK: [Jpn.] I don't know because I never went.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Eng.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] So your husband was quite active. He was an active person.

MK: [Eng.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Well, then, since he got married and started his greenhouse business, he was too busy to do many community activities...

MK: [Jpn.] But he couldn't do anything. Because he was too tired just doing his job.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] It's true.

TY: [Jpn.] Did he marry you knowing that?

MK: [Jpn.] Yes.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. Instead, I think now, if he were working for a company, it would have been easier. Uh-huh. It's true.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Then they expanded the business more and more, working hard... in that case, didn't you have time to go to school?

MK: [Jpn.] School?

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] Me?

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] No time for school. Just work and work.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yes.

TY: [Jpn.] How about your husband? Did he go to school here?

MK: [Jpn.] No, he didn't.

TY: [Jpn.] He didn't.

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