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

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 …
Kimi Wakabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1006-3)
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Issei female. Born March 27, 1912, in Binmanji, Japan. Grew up and married in Japan, before immigrating with husband to Canada in 1931, eventually settling in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Raised family in Saskatoon, working in fabric store established by husband. City street named in honor of the Wakabayashi family's contributions to the city over the years.

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Kimi Wakabayashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1006-3-6)
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Trying to help others during World War II, sending goods to family in Japan

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

Letter from W.A. Cameron to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-337)
doc Letter from W.A. Cameron to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-337)
Rev. James Dickson has left for Shanghai and then to Formosa with medicine and relief supplies. Best to come to Canada after Dickson returns.
Letter from James Dickson to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-322)
doc Letter from James Dickson to Ai Chih Tsai (ddr-densho-446-322)
Invitation for Ai Chih Tsai to come to Canada to speak to churches and young people to gather support for Formosa plan. Dickson will leave for Formosa on March 6.
Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1006-2-14)
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Hosting the Ikenobo Society, a prestigious flower-arranging group from Japan, at the New York World's Fair

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

Bill Hashizume Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1006-4-20)
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Hiring a fishing boat after end of war to visit mother in Shikoku; postwar work in Japan

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

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Collection (ddr-densho-1006)
Collection Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Collection (ddr-densho-1006)
The interviews in this collection were conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Cultural Centre is a community-based, not-for-profit, charitable organization that provides programs, events and facilities to promote an understanding and appreciation of Japanese culture and Japanese Canadian heritage for Canadians of all …
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