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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1006-1-15)

Experiences living and working in Toronto, Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1006-2)

Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. Went with parents to Japan in 1930, and attended school there. Returned to Canada in 1940 and married before being removed to Hastings Park and then Tashme, in Canada's interior. After leaving Tashme, moved to Toronto, where husband worked for the consul-general's office. Adopted …

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vh Bill Hashizume Interview (ddr-densho-1006-4)

Nisei male. Born June 22, 1922, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission before moving to Japan with mother and sisters at age sixteen. Attended high school and college in Japan and enlisted in the Japanese navy in 1944. Worked in Japan for several years following World War II, then returned to Canada, choosing …

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1006-1-16)

Raising two sons in Toronto

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1006-1-17)

Reflections on life in Toronto

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Kimi Wakabayashi Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1006-3-4)

Adjusting to life in Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Bill Hashizume Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1006-4-22)

Deciding to return to Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1006-1-1)

Born in British Columbia, Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview (ddr-densho-1006-1)

Nisei male. Born August 20, 1924, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission, attending school and helping on family farm. Left home to work several jobs, including in a sawmill and on a sugar beet farm. After World War II, moved to Japan, worked as an interpreter for the British Army, and got married. …

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vh Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1006-2-1)

Growing up in British Columbia, Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Bill Hashizume Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1006-4-13)

Wartime communication between Japan and Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1006-1-2)

Father's and uncles' immigration to Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1006-1-14)

Returning to Canada in the 1950s

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Kimi Wakabayashi Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1006-3-9)

Thoughts on decision to immigrate to Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1006-2-5)

Losing both parents after return to Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Kimi Wakabayashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1006-3-3)

Immigrating to Canada, initially feeling "kind of lonesome"

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1006-1-19)

Thoughts on importance of Japanese immigration to Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Narrator Shizuko Kadoguchi

Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada. Went with parents to Japan in 1930, and attended school there. Returned to Canada in 1940 and married before being removed to Hastings Park and then Tashme, in Canada's interior. After leaving Tashme, moved to Toronto, where husband worked for the consul-general's office. Adopted …

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vh Bill Hashizume Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1006-4-6)

Discussion of Japanese community in Mission, British Columbia, Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1006-1-4)

Parents' decision to farm in Mission, British Columbia, Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Bill Hashizume Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1006-4-2)

Father's background: trying out a fishing career upon first arriving in Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Mitsu Ito Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1006-1-11)

Moving to Japan postwar, after being barred from returning to western Canada

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Narrator Bill Hashizume

Nisei male. Born June 22, 1922, in Mission, British Columbia, Canada. Grew up in Mission before moving to Japan with mother and sisters at age sixteen. Attended high school and college in Japan and enlisted in the Japanese navy in 1944. Worked in Japan for several years following World War II, then returned to Canada, choosing …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/213/

vh Kimi Wakabayashi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1006-3-1)

Photograph descriptions

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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vh Kimi Wakabayashi Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1006-3-10)

Photograph descriptions

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1006-3-10/