Shey Dimon
Shey Dimon is Australian with Japanese heritage on her mother’s side. Shey has a zest for travel and adventure and has lived in the Philippines, United States, and Australia. Her next big move is to Japan where she hopes to reconnect with her family heritage, culture, and language.
Updated September 2021
Stories from This Author
Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History—Part 2
Dec. 20, 2023 • Shey Dimon
Read Part 1 >> Sharing stories, photos, and gifts Junichi-sama brought us to a room he’d specially prepared for our meeting, with pictures of his father and grandfather set up. He produced a photograph of my great-grandfather, Shojiro, and his daughter, Aya, with another unknown man. I had never seen this photo before, but instantly recognised my great-grandfather. He looked smart with his large moustache and neat three-piece suit. Junichi-sama also showed me a portrait of his grandfather, Matsuzaburo, who …
Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History—Part 1
Dec. 19, 2023 • Shey Dimon
*The below is an update of Shey's family history, which was written in 2021. The email header read, “I’ve found your family.” I think I stopped breathing at that moment. I quickly opened the email. “I’ve found him!” The email from Yuki, my contact at the Wakayama prefectural office, said, “his name is Junichi Omae, a 90-year-old man. I just called him right now and talked about how you are looking for him. He knows about your great-grandfather and has …
Interned and enlisted: My family history
Sept. 29, 2021 • Shey Dimon
Tomo, my grandfather My grandfather Tom (Tomo) was a joker, the self-confessed black sheep of the family. He liked to “stir the pot,” and his deep belly laugh would erupt whenever he sensed some kind of family controversy. Just for fun, he left my grandmother waiting at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney on their wedding day “FOR A LONG TIME” (she said) for him to arrive. She wanted to strangle him. He just laughed. I called him Pop. He was …
