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TI: I mean, earlier we talked a little bit about the ferry that would go from Bainbridge Island to Seattle. Did you go to Seattle very often?
YS: No, we didn't. Like we used to say, we'd go once a year, right after strawberry season, and we got to go to a Chinese restaurant and stuff. Man, that would be a big deal. [Laughs]
TI: So this was kind of in that Chinatown/Japantown area?
YS: Yeah, because my dad used to take us to shop a little bit and go eat Chinese food, and we thought that was really...
TI: Do you remember which restaurant you went to?
YS: No.
TI: That'd be fun.
YS: Oh, yeah.
TI: And you mentioned earlier you knew the people from the Higo Five and Ten Cent store?
YS: Yeah, we used to go there quite a bit.
TI: Now, back then, where was the store located? Was it on Jackson?
YS: Yeah, on Jackson.
TI: The same place?
YS: Yeah, I think so now. That's the only place I know that were...
TI: Seems like they, I remember that they were someplace else and they moved there.
YS: They moved there? Yeah, could be. The only place I knew was right there on Jackson. Yeah, right on the main street there.
TI: Yeah, so it's right on Jackson.
YS: Yeah, right on Jackson.
TI: And eventually that family owned the whole building.
YS: Whole building, I think, yeah. They were doing good.
TI: And they were friends of your family?
YS: Yeah.
TI: So how did they know? Was it from Japan they knew each other, or how did they get to know them?
YS: I don't know how they got, but then, that's how I knew 'em, because she used to come out to the island and stay with us.
TI: And so this would be...
YS: Well, I don't know about the Mister, I never did see Mister, but the Missus.
TI: Mrs. Murakami?
YS: Yeah. She used to be sitting there all the time in the store.
TI: So did Seattle people come out to Bainbridge Island very frequently?
YS: No, not that much, them days. No, it was mostly island people would be island.
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