geta(s): Wooden sandal(s) with a thong.
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrants in America.
ka: Or.
Kagoshima: A city and a prefecture in southern Japan.
konnyaku: A yam cake.
mochi: Japanese pounded rice cake, same as omochi. "o" is a prefix for polite form.
Nihonjin(s): Japanese person(s).
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
omochi kazari: New Year's Day decoration for rice cakes. A mandarin orange, kelp, dried squid, paper fan, paper lobster, etc. are placed around large pieces of rice cakes.
omochi: Japanese pounded rice cake, same as mochi.
oshogatsu: New Year's Day, the biggest holiday in Japan.