Kimiko Sugamura oral history interview, part 1 of 4, October 15, 2010

Sugamura provides some thoughts regarding the treatment of Japanese Americans; discussing her parents and her father’s employment as a doctor; and talks about speaking Japanese at home. She then talks about attending Japanese language school and learning about Japanese ethics (‘shushin’); discusses her childhood home; talks about her father’s employment at a hospital; and discusses the community she grew up in Hilo, Hawaii. Sugamura also talks about her brother; what it was like growing up Nisei; childhood chores; recreational activities; attending church; and influential teachers. Lastly, Sugamura talks about her childhood interest in flowers and reading; discusses prominent Japanese people that visited Kona, Hawaii; talks about visiting Japan as a child; and discusses her father including his pro-Japan interests and his diabetes.

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2010OH1024_01_Sugamura

http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/1024-Sugamura-Kimiko-1.m4v

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