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img Picnic at a park (ddr-densho-16-21)

Women pictured in foreground (left to right): Ayako Murakami (in sunglasses), Matsuyo Murakami, Masako Murakami.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-21/

vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-63)

This interview was conducted with sisters Masako and Ayako Murakami, who were coproprietors of the Higo Variety Store in Seattle's International District. Both sisters were incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Both resettled in Seattle, Washington, after the war

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-63/

img Sisters on an outing (ddr-densho-16-19)

These sisters' family owned Higo Ten-Cent Store in Seattle's Nihonmachi or Japantown. (L to R): Chiyo Murakami (?), Masako Murakami.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-19/

vh Masako Murakami Interview (ddr-manz-1-166)

Sansei female. Born March 27, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Parents were both Kibei from Seattle, Washington, and Bakersfield, California. Grew up in San Francisco, California, where father was in sales. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After father signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to the Tule …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-166/

img Nisei woman at dinner party (ddr-densho-16-11)

Masako Murakami and her family owned Higo Ten-Cent Store in Seattle's Nihonmachi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-11/

img Dinner party (ddr-densho-16-32)

The Murakami family and friends are enjoying dinner in their apartment, located above the Higo Ten-Cent Store in Seattle's Nihonmachi or Japantown. (left to right): Mrs. Zimmerman (mother of Carl), Carl Zimmerman, unknown, Ayako Murakami, Masako Murakami, Johnny Funai, Matsuyo Murakami, Kazuichi Kay Murakami.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-32/

img Nihonmachi (Japantown) after mass removal (ddr-densho-36-10)

The Higo Ten-Cent Store, located on Jackson Street. The Murakamis were able to reopen their store after the war because they were able to pay property taxes while interned. Higo Variety Store was run by Aya and Masako Murakami after the war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-36-10/

img Family at a park (ddr-densho-16-4)

The Murakami family on an outing at Volunteer Park. The Murakamis owned Higo Ten-Cent Store in Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown. Left to right: Ayako, Sanzo (holding Masako), Kay, Matsuyo, and Chiyoko.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16-4/

Collection Murakami Collection (ddr-densho-16)

The Murakami family operated the Higo Ten-Cent Store in Seattle's International District (formerly Nihonmachi). Photographs in this collection, early 1900s-1950s, include interior and exterior views of the business and one family portrait. Densho interviewed collection donors, sisters Ayako and Masako Murakami, in 1997.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-16/

vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-63-24)

Thoughts about the end of the war

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-63-24/

vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-63-1)

Parents' immigration to U.S. in the early 1900s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-63-1/

vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-63-28)

An "independent woman," a desire to travel

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-63-28/

vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-63-7)

Family lessons, saving money and sharing