Maki Miyahara oral history interview, part 1 of 5, January 14, 2009

Miyahara begins the interview talking about his family background and how his mother and father came over from Kyushu, Japan and settled down as farmers in the Los Angeles area. Growing up in California, he was able to live a pretty full childhood, including attending Japanese language school, playing baseball and beginning his kendo training, which would end up being one of his passions in life. During his childhood, he also would go to a ranch that was owned by the Kelloggs and ride the ponies they had there. During high school, he would become more involved with kendo, and even took a trip to Japan for it. While there, he would experience Japan like a young man would, not noticing much of the differences between there and Los Angeles, but being able to travel all the way up to Manchuria and beyond.

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http://www.goforbroke.org/oral_histories/mp4/968-Miyahara-Maki-1.m4v

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