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TL: When you came up to Seattle, did your mother accompany you?

AT: Uh-huh, yes.

TL: So she assisted in the wedding?

AT: Yes. See, I was only daughter of hers. My younger brother, yes, but she really wanted to plan everything for me. I was naive, I guess. [Laughs] I just did what she expected me to do.

TL: So what kind of wedding did she envision?

AT: Well, it was quite nice. It was in the Nichiren Church here in Seattle and then reception was at the Chinese restaurant that Japanese own, Gyokoken, on Main Street who was my father's very good friend, owned that restaurant so it was very nice occasion. And so my father's old friends, who were big business people in Seattle, they were all invited. So it was okay, nice, and Mother went right back to Sacramento. And then we went, we were to be going on honeymoon. Well, the night of the wedding we stayed downtown hotel and then next day he rented a car, rental car, and took me to Seward Park and Alki Point and that was the end of the honeymoon, [Laughs] and we went right back to the house. I think he couldn't afford much more than that one trip to any place.

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