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DG: Did you play around on the way?

TS: Not very much because I remember one time I got home late and my dad wanted to know why in the heck I was late. He slugged me on the head (saying), "That will teach you to fool around." I can remember my mother saying that it's not necessary to hit a kid but I remember it. [Laughs] My dad, it was the only time he ever struck me, so I remember it! [Laughs]

DG: Did he discipline you in other ways?

TS: Constantly, preaching. And as I grew older, I used to object to his preaching and I'd say, there you go again! [Laughs]

DG: So going to Japanese school, did that make you feel different?

TS: In the sense that I was different from the other kids?

DG: Right.

TS: In a way, yes, but in a way we just took it as a matter of course that we had to go.

DG: Did your family eat together for dinner?

TS: Oh yes.

DG: What kind of foods were your favorites?

TS: We had various meats, and sukiyaki and tsukemono and...

DG: Mostly Japanese kinds of foods?

TS: ...oshitashi, hamburger.

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