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Sachiko Masuoka was born in Hiroshima. She survived the atomic blast. In 1962, she came to the US through an arranged marriage with a Nisei Japanese American. She moved to Chicago, where he had settled after being released from the Topaz internment camp. They have two children.
She is a member of Soyokaze Chorus group and Chicago Hiroshima Kenjinkai. She is know in Chicago for her Fukashi manju. Each one is identical in size because she meticulously measures each an before placing it in the center of a piece of dough and shaping it into a ball. She made 1000 for a New Years Party in 2009.
Updated June 2010