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    Obon Festival: An Oral History
    Emily Pan
    • Jun 1, 2021

    Obon Festival: An Oral History

    This is a summary of the Obon Festival that took place on July 31, 1965 at the San Luis Obispo Veterans' Memorial Hall. Obon is an...
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    Oral History by Kofuji Eto Fukunaga
    Emily Pan
    • May 31, 2021

    Oral History by Kofuji Eto Fukunaga

    This is a summary of the oral history by Kofuji Eto Fukunaga, about her father's life story. Her father, Tameji Eto, was born and raised...
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    Honoring the Past
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 13, 2020

    Honoring the Past

    Japanese Farmers (Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives) The mark left by Japanese Americans can be seen all over the country,...
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    Haruo Hayashi After Executive Order 9066
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 12, 2020

    Haruo Hayashi After Executive Order 9066

    Before Pearl Harbor In 1918, Haruo Hayashi's father, Yeiji Hayashi, immigrated to the U.S. from Japan by going through South America and...
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    Japanese Field Workers at Waller Seed Company
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 10, 2020

    Japanese Field Workers at Waller Seed Company

    Video Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives Story The Waller Seed Company's story begins over 100 years ago when Lionel Duncuff...
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    Life After Pearl Harbor for the Nagano Family
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 9, 2020

    Life After Pearl Harbor for the Nagano Family

    Nagano Family (Photo Courtesy of History Center of San Luis Obispo County) The Nagano family had been living in Morro Bay since 1917, but...
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    Life in a Japanese Detention Camp and The Kind Mr. Wilkinson
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 5, 2020

    Life in a Japanese Detention Camp and The Kind Mr. Wilkinson

    Expensive maple dressers, love seats, dining room sets, and bedsteads, all imported from Japan, filled the homes of many Japanese...
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    He Lost His Wife to the Spanish Flu; Umekichi Tanaka's Fascinating Story
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 5, 2020

    He Lost His Wife to the Spanish Flu; Umekichi Tanaka's Fascinating Story

    A True Immigrant Born in Japan in March of 1872, Umekichi Tanaka was a true immigrant, having landed in Mexico in the early 1900s. While...
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    The Matsuura Family and the Japanese Children's Home
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 4, 2020

    The Matsuura Family and the Japanese Children's Home

    How the Japanese Children's Home Started The Matsuura Family's story begins during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1919, similar to the...
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    A Racist View of the Japanese during World War II
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 1, 2020

    A Racist View of the Japanese during World War II

    Gila River Detention Camp in Arizona (National Archives) During World War II, the head of Japanese households in America were taken away...
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    The Minami Story
    Emily Pan
    • Jul 1, 2020

    The Minami Story

    Minami family (Image Source here) Yaemon Minami: 1880 - he is born in the village of Wakayama Japan 1905 - he arrives in San Francisco...
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    Japantown - San Luis Obispo
    Emily Pan
    • Jun 30, 2020

    Japantown - San Luis Obispo

    Japantown in San Luis Obispo (Image source here) Japantown in San Luis Obispo: One block long on Higuera Street Between South and French...
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    Japanese Immigration to Arroyo Grande
    Emily Pan
    • Jun 29, 2020

    Japanese Immigration to Arroyo Grande

    Overview Japanese Picture Brides (National Archives) Many Japanese people immigrated to Arroyo Grande in the 20th Century. Many of them...
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    The Struggle Japanese Immigrants Faced: Take Eto
    Emily Pan
    • Jun 27, 2020

    The Struggle Japanese Immigrants Faced: Take Eto

    These are quotes from Grace Shibata, Take Eto's daughter, which protrays the struggle Japanese Immigrants faced: when coming to the...
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    Take Eto's Story During and After World War II, Told by her Daughter
    Emily Pan
    • Jun 27, 2020

    Take Eto's Story During and After World War II, Told by her Daughter

    Below is a retelling of Take Eto's life during and after World War II. To learn more about her life before World War II, click here. On...
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    Take Eto's Story up to World War II, Told by her Daughter
    Emily Pan
    • Jun 27, 2020

    Take Eto's Story up to World War II, Told by her Daughter

    This is the story of Take Eto, a Japanese Immigrant who came to the United States at the age of 19, told from the perspective of Grace...
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