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BY: And so how did your mother and father meet?

DR: Well, you know, this was not one of those arranged marriages, they fell in love.

BY: Do you know the story behind that?

DR: Sort of. It's sort of vague. I think my grandfather was working in a restaurant where he (was a cook), I don't know, for some reason my dad used to come to the restaurant every day, because he was, I think it's because he was attracted to my mother. (Perhaps he owned it).

BY: Did she work there?

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DR: I'm sure she was in and out. I don't know if she worked there or not.

BY: Oh, I see. So by grandfather you mean your mother's father?

DR: Yeah.

BY: Who worked in the restaurant and she was there a lot.

DR: I don't know if he was the, I don't think he was the owner of it.

BY: He was a cook?

DR: Yeah, I think so.

BY: And you think this is the one that maybe was across the street from Tokuda Drugs?

DR: No.

BY: No, different one?

DR: That was in Nihonmachi.

BY: Okay. And was there an age difference between your mother and father, or were they the same age?

DR: Actually, I think they were about the same age.

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