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TI: So let's go back to the house. Describe the house. How many rooms were there?

SI: Well, it was a pretty big house, two stories, because my cousin and we lived together.

TI: Oh, so the brothers?

SI: Yeah, the brothers lived together.

TI: All together.

SI: But the brother only had the boys, and the other children went back to Japan. The mother went back with Toshi and Sachi, I think. And then the other ones... I don't know where... a couple of them were going to school, high school. And then two of them were in the States, and then the other boy came later after he was out from Japan.

TI: So there were quite a few, so a pretty big house, quite a few people. Did they have running water?

SI: Yes, we had running water.

TI: Toilets?

SI: Toilets. It was one of those two stories, porch all around, you know, and windows. I don't know how many bedrooms there were, one, two, three four, five, I don't know.

TI: Who did your share your room, bedroom with?

SI: I think me and my sister. I think we had to share because we, all the kids, it was a big, big bedroom, so as many beds could go in, you know. I can't remember quite how much, but we did have bedrooms.

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