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TI: As a boy growing up, both, you talked about earlier in Spokane and now in Okayama, how was play different? When you think of your playmates in Spokane and your playmates in Okayama, were there differences in how you would interact or play with your friends?

FH: Well, I do not recall. But just like the kids do, even in this country, if it's elementary school, you play like the other kids do. Same thing in Japan, and so there was no difference. I think we were too young to, especially in the elementary school, to discuss anything like Japan and the U.S., anything like that. Just that Japan is... because the war broke out when I was in the middle school, the first grade in middle school. Until then, there was war, but that was the Chinese war, war between China and so forth. It was a completely different kind of war.

TI: So in Okayama, what would be some games that you would play with your friends? Do you recall any kind of activity or games that you would do?

FH: Yes. The horse, three person making the horse and then riding on the horse, and drag down the other guys and so forth, things like that. And also, the, kicking the ball and so forth. Not a soccer, but a small ball like this, into the goal and so forth and defending. Just like a similar thing that they have in this country. Not much difference, what the kids do. Girls are different. They use little things like this and then with that, you squat down and hit the others and so forth.

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