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Title: Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita
Narrator: Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita
Interviewer: Tom Ikeda
Location: Seattle, Washington
Date: October 30, 2009
Densho ID: denshovh-ykiyoshi-01-0011

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TI: So you took two years of advanced Japanese.

KY: Yeah, Japanese language.

TI: At the University of Washington.

KY: At the university.

TI: I'm curious, who were your classmates? Were they other Japanese or were they white, or who...

KY: They're... I would say maybe half and half, half Nisei types and half others. I would think something like that, yeah.

TI: The other thing, when you're going to the University of Washington, so you're in Seattle. Did you attend any of the Buddhist churches in Seattle?

KY: I don't recall during those years, going to a Seattle church. No recollection of anything. If I stayed in Seattle, you know where the university is located, I would think I would go to the church but I don't remember going to the church.

TI: Or on weekends, sometimes, would you go back to Auburn?

KY: I believe I went back and tried to help out the farmers. I would think so, yeah.

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