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FA: Just to complete the story, Shosuke, how did he meet Ed Gibson later?

SS: Ed Gibson? No, he met Ed while he was in Spokane. And Ed's mother, wait a minute... yeah, he met Ed in Spokane. Whether he, no, I guess he... he opened up a restaurant or something in Spokane.

FA: Your father did?

SS: Yeah. And he was quite successful at that time.

FA: And then he sent for you after that?

SS: Yeah. Then he went back to Japan and I think he had...

FA: So your father had two restaurants?

SS: No, no. He had only one, in Spokane.

FA: Oh, yeah.

SS: And anyway, he was quite successful at that time, there's a demand for -- he had all the customers he could handle and he made enough, he had enough money saved so that he could take a trip to Japan. And in those days, anybody working in America was envied. It was about, like... well, certainly there was a lot more money easily made in this country in those days.

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