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JS: So what else do you remember about... about Fresno's community celebrations?
RN: Oh, yeah, Raisin Day.
JS: Raisin Day. And what was Raisin Day?
RN: Raisin Day was a whole town celebration. Every year, the president of the Buddhist church would send a, make a float, and I was chosen couple of times as a queen of that float.
JS: Uh-huh, queen of the Japanese float?
RN: Uh-huh.
JS: Wow. Wow. So there was a float that was like a boat, and there was another one.
RN: Yeah.
JS: Like a pagoda? What other activities do you remember from growing up in Fresno? Did you go to the Buddhist church, were you active there?
RN: Uh-huh, yeah. Then they'd have... I guess they still do have those race.
JS: Uh-huh, like a undokai?
RN: Uh-huh, undokai. Yeah, we used to have that.
JS: Were you a fast runner?
RN: Uh-huh. [Laughs]
JS: And then did you go to Japanese school?
RN: Uh-huh.
JS: You went to Japanese school after school, after regular school? Oh.
RN: After Saturday, and weekdays after American school.
JS: Oh, so you also went on Saturday, too?
RN: Uh-huh, we used to have a class.
JS: Wow. So you were busy. And then on Sundays, did you go to Sunday school?
RN: Uh-huh.
JS: Sunday school, oh.
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