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MN: Okay, Henry, I'm gonna go back to your personal life. You married Fujiko Yasutake in 1938 at the age of twenty-five. Can you share with me how you met her?

HF: Well, I met her... she went to a flower arrangement class through the information of the gardener that worked where she worked. And she went to the flower arrangement class, and my sister was at the flower arrangement class and offered to take her home. So she thought that my sister was driving, and then it turned out that my sister... I was the one to come and pick my sister up and take her home. So my sister asked if I would take Fujiko home. And I said, "I could take her home." So that's how I got acquainted with Fujiko.

MN: How long did you know her before you asked her to marry you?

HF: Two years.

MN: Can you tell me about your wedding? Where was it held, what did you wear?

HF: Well, I wore a tuxedo, but the wedding was, wedding was at the Buddhist church.

MN: The Santa Monica Buddhist Church?

HF: No, Second and Central, where the original Japanese American National Museum was.

MN: You're talking about the Nishi Hongwanji.

HF: Yes.

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