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KP: Did you ever, do you have any other form of activities, recreation that you did outside of school?

YM: No. All I did, I went to what they call sewing school, designing school.

KP: This was after high school?

YM: Uh-huh.

KP: Did you ever go to town to watch movies or...

YM: Not too much. Farmers didn't have that much time.

KP: As a, as a teenager, what's the farthest you ever traveled from your home?

YM: I don't... all I know is we... as a teenager we didn't go too many places. So...

KP: So you spent most of your childhood in the Venice area?

YM: Uh-huh.

KP: Did your family celebrate any of the Japanese holidays, like Boys, Girl, Boys Day and Girls Day and...

YM: I think we only celebrated New Year's as a whole. I don't think we celebrated Girls Day and Boys Day. We didn't have time for that kind of stuff.

KP: So were you involved in the food preparation for New Year's?

YM: No. My mother did it. So...

KP: And when did you graduate from high school?

YM: February, 1939.

KP: Were you, were you glad to be done with school or...

YM: Yeah. [Laughs]

KP: And then you mentioned you went on to study sewing. Once you graduated from high school, where did you live?

YM: Venice.

KP: Still live at home?

YM: Uh-huh.

KP: Did your chores or duties at home change after high school graduation?

YM: No. Just same.

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