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Gardening to nursery

I start working for 3 day gardening. How to start gardening is I went to 3 gardener friend take me one day each showed how they do it. So I get, the what you call, instant gardener, 3-day education. Then I went to Garden Grove nursery to help me out to get company, customer for me. So they gave me customer, so I went start working for the gardening for 3 days a week. But naturally first one, gradually increased the number of house, but first time I start working I was so scared because I didn't have any experience before, you know, but just 3 day I watching the friend do this.

Then, continue to doing it 3 day a week, then I just made money enough to make the payment and grocery bill and stuff. Then rest of the 4 day, I worked the yard to clean up and get ready for the growing the pansies to grow. That's what I start doing. Three day gardening, four day yard work. Then gradually start pansy growing. Then December come, pansy start blooming, so I packed packages to make nice color. Packages to basket to take the market. That way getting busy, so I quit gardening. That's my last gardening. No more after that. But you know I quit that and concentrate pansy growing. Then meantime I grow, start some other stuff growing, tried to quick money but not do too well. But pansy was only one make me money. So any extra money I made it, I buy other material to increase the nursery material to gradually look like a nursery.



agricultura negocios economía jardinería generaciones horticultura inmigrantes inmigración issei Japón gestión migración viveros (horticultura) posguerra shin-issei Estados Unidos Segunda Guerra Mundial

Fecha: February 2, 2012

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: Chris Komai, John Esaki

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Harunori Oda nació y se crió en Hokkaido, la isla más al norte de Japón, pero se mudó a los Estados Unidos luego de conocer y casarse con una mujer nisei que visitaba Japón durante el periodo posterior a la Segunda Guerra. A pesar de odiar a los Estados Unidos, su esposa, Mitsy, lo convenció de que tendría más oportunidades de éxito en los Estados Unidos, así es que decidió probar suerte. A pesar de que sus conocimientos del inglés eran limitados, se abrió las puertas a través del negocio de los viveros – una iniciativa que él determinó, ofrecería las mayores oportunidades a una persona con sus habilidades. Eventualmente, él inició su propio vivero, se expandió, y luego alcanzó gran éxito como promotor inmobiliario en el Condado de Orange. Falleció el 14 de diciembre de 2016, a la edad de 91 años. (Diciembre de 2016)

Takashio,Akira

Tough life at boarding house (Japanese)

Empresario Shin-Issei de un bar y restaurante japonés “Hondaya”

Yuki,Tom

His family's migration to Salinas, California

(n. 1935) Empresario sansei.

Yuki,Tom

Father's business partner operated their farming business during WWII

(n. 1935) Empresario sansei.

Bashi,Kishi

His Shin-Issei parents

(n. 1975) Músico y compositor

Yamashiro,Michelle

General reasons why people left Japan for Peru

Okinawense estadounidense cuyos padres son de Perú.

Yamada,Mitsuye

Her mother came to the U.S. with a group of picture brides

(n. 1923) Kibei Nisei poeta, activista

Yamada,Mitsuye

Her father bought her mother American clothes after she arrived from Japan

(n. 1923) Kibei Nisei poeta, activista