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Title: Hiro Nishimura Interview
Narrator: Hiro Nishimura
Interviewer: Tom Ikeda
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: April 28, 2009
Densho ID: denshovh-nhiro-01-0025

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TI: But tell me about your family. So how did you meet your wife?

HN: [Laughs] My goodness, you're really getting into details. My goodness, turning out to be a life story here. Well, I saw her at the Buddhist church again. Here comes Buddhist church again. I saw her doing odori at the Buddhist church. Well, so I found out she was doing odori in the dining room there. So I found out who she was, and then I started dating her. She lived, the family lived down there in the Pioneer Square. Anyway, so I got to know her.

TI: And what was her name?

HN: Dorothy Hisako Yoshida.

TI: And about what year was this when you first saw her?

HN: Early '50s.

TI: And then you got married.

HN: '53, yeah.

TI: And then tell me about children. How many children?

HN: I've got three daughters, you know that. Celia, Robyn, and Karen.

TI: Good. Celia, Robyn, and Karen, three daughters.

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