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Testimony of Shuzo Chris Kato (ddr-densho-67-177)
Written testimony of Shuzo Chris Kato of Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Personal Experiences at Puyallup and Minidoka Centers." Personal information excised by Densho.
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-33)
In this interview, three Nisei, Chris Kato, Yoshi Mamiya, and Tad Sato recall their memories of growing up in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown) and their respective Japantown family businesses. This informal three-way conversation captures a bit of what Nihonmachi was like before the World War II incarceration forever changed the Japanese American business and social community. Unless …
Narrator Chris Kato
Nisei male. Born December 8, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle. During World War II, incarcerated the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and served in the army from 1945-1947. During his interview, he discusses memories of growing up in Seattle's Japantown.
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-33-13)
Sports teams and community leagues
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-33-10)
Fishing for shiners at Seattle's waterfront
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-33-12)
Memories of prewar restaurants
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-33-7)
Interacting with very few African Americans prewar
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-33-6)
Sports teams and community leagues
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-33-8)
Memories of Japanese food treats: "kintoki," homemade "sembei" and "mochi"
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-33-20)
The role of the kenjinkai in the prewar Japanese American community
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-33-11)
Clothing styles and apparel shops
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-33-16)
Gambling and a kind of investment club, the tanomoshii
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-33-15)
Newspapers and handling of community scandals
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-33-5)
Japanese language school, memories of lots of mischief
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-33-17)
Prewar and wartime relationship between Seattle's Japanese and Chinese communities
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-33-4)
"Nihonburo": Japanese style public soaking baths
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-33-18)
Matsutake mushroom hunting
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-33-22)
Role of churches and religions in Seattle's Japanese American community
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-33-9)
Memories of Japanese American community activities
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-33-23)
Interracial marriage, prewar and today
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-33-14)
Nippon Kan Theatre, a longstanding history
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-33-2)
Description of size and approximate boundaries of Seattle's prewar Japantown
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-33-19)
Memories of kenjinkai picnics
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Chris Kato - Yoshi Mamiya - Tad Sato Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-33-3)
Seattle's prewar Japanese-run hotel industry
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