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DG: So then you had a go-between and you arranged for the marriage and you got married where?

MH: Gardena Baptist Church.

DG: Did your father do part of the ceremony?

MH: No, bishop did. It's Dr. Fox. And then it's, wedding funny was after platform and now, "She is your wife. Will you please kiss her?" And then he said, "Oh, no, Japanese doesn't." And then Dr. Fox said, "No, you have to. This is America. America people kiss wife." "No."

BF: And this was going on during the ceremony?

MH: Yes, in ceremony, arguing. And finally Dr. said, "Well, then never complain later." He said, "Yeah, I know." And then okay. We didn't kiss. [Laughs]

BF: That's a funny story.

MH: That's I think Japanese, first one he said that the first Japanese doesn't kiss and never before or after.

DG: Did you wear a kimono at all during part of the ceremony?

MH: Ceremony, I wear it quite a bit because in Seattle, too, I said eighty-three places I went. One time I wear kimono and show the Japanese dance. So played the piano and then one black lady is a singer so I accompany.

DG: This was later?

MH: Uh-huh. In Seattle.

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