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MA: So I'm curious about Japanese language school, and if you attended Japanese language school. And how you enjoyed it, if you attended it.

IN: We didn't enjoy it, because it was added to our regular five-day school. So we attended on a Sunday, but there again, it was more or less controlled by the certain outstanding people of the community. And later on, in Petaluma, there was a feud between two factions, and even the school split. And there was one, one was named Showa Gakuen and the other was, I think Kimon Gakuen, I'm not sure. But it was split into two factions. And of course, it was, it was like the Martin and McCoys, I guess, you know, where there was a feud going on, whose side you were on. I thought that was very interesting. Politics.

MA: Community politics. So which school did you end up attending?

IN: We went to the Showa Gakuen. And they imported the teachers from San Francisco, because most of the community Japanese were not educated. Even in Japan, they were from farmer stock.

MA: And so would the teachers from San Francisco come just once a week or something? Or did they actually move to the town?

IN: No, they commuted on the bus.

MA: Okay.

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