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TK: When I was about three or four, I think, Mom took me to Japan. And I still remember the rickshaw, and I was so awed by it. I'd say, "Hey, Mom, there's a man instead of a horse pulling it." [Laughs] She always tells me that. And we happened to stay in the hotel, and Japanese soldiers were there, I think. And they took a liking to me, and they came and took me around. I still remember that.

RP: You were about three or four.

TK: Yeah. And on the boat, three or four years old, running around on the boat, and never got lost. I knew where everything was, I used to run around. That's one thing I used to remember about that.

RP: Did your sisters also go back with you?

TK: No, no, just... I was the youngest one, the only boy, I used to get spoiled.

RP: Did you get to meet your family in Japan, too, at that time?

TK: Yeah, I guess I met my aunt, my uncle and aunt, I guess. It was out in the, outside of town, Hiroshima town, I guess. I think right now, it'd be in the middle of town, but back in those days... and there was a certain, they always say the anpan, I mean, that cake or something. I used to love it. In the middle of the night, I'd start hollering, and they'd have to go after it.

RP: How much time did you spend in Japan?

TK: Oh, just a few months, I guess. Couple of months, I guess. But all those little things, I kind of remembered a little bit.

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