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TY: [Jpn.] By the way, what kind of things did you bring when you came to the U.S.? What did your father tell you to bring?

MK: [Eng.] No, just clothes. Only one clothes, that's it. Then, let's see, clothes, I think clothes, you don't need it. Because America., you know, you don't need Japanese clothes. So, I think that's all. Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] What did you wear when you came to the U.S.?

MK: [Eng.] Huh?

TY: [Jpn.] When you came to the U.S.?

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, Japanese clothes.

TY: [Jpn.] Japanese clothes?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Did you wear kimono?

MK: [Eng.] Kimono, yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Then you changed to western clothes when you arrived in the U.S.

MK: [Eng.] Yeah, that's right.

TY: [Jpn.] Then you did not bring any kimono?

MK: [Jpn.] That's right. I didn't bring any.

TY: [Jpn.] Then didn't you bring another pair of zori?

MK: [Eng.] No.

TY: [Jpn.] Well, then, was there anything you wished you could bring? Any special item you brought with you?

MK: [Eng.] No, my father don't want to take anything they don't want to. So, I think one small shopping bag, that's all I have. Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Then did you just let your father decide the rest of the things?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah, that's right. Because I don't, so... uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] Then did you come without knowing how long you would be here?

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh, yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Or did you not think at all?

MK: [Eng.] No, no, because, because I don't want to go to America. I want to stay Japan, you know. But can't help, huh.

TY: [Jpn.] Because your grandfather died?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah, that's right.

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