Densho Digital Archive - Yukiko Miyake Interview (denshovh-myukiko-01-0028)

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SY: What other things do you remember happening?

YM: Well, it's a Japanese community where gossips are rampant, and sometimes it was kind of interesting because it was really gossip. Somebody is having an affair with somebody, but we didn't know who the somebody was because they never mentioned names, but we were curious to know who the somebody was.

SY: In a place like Minidoka, how could someone have an affair without everyone knowing?

YM: That's it, [Laughs] everybody knew. Well, in a couple of days or couple of weeks maybe.

SY: So the husband or wife would...

YM: I hate to say that. Yeah, the husband or the wives were having affair with another woman, but how it got -- you know, nobody sees having an affair with another woman or another man, but they tell you, but we were stupid enough to listen. So I can't say so-and-so had a affair with such-and-such person, but some of the nicest people were having affair, but I don't believe it.

SY: Well, you don't know, right?

YM: That's it, I don't know. And I say, "Oh, no, no, no. You have the names wrong." And they used to laugh at me and said, "No use telling Yuki anything." But it was kind of nice. We didn't get newspaper and so it was interesting conversation.