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No question about going into the family business
That I would go into real estate development and that I would…or some sort of building field. I’ve always been interested in it. I watched my grandfather and my father in the business from when I was very small. My first job was as a laborer at the Moana Hotel, that last big renovation. And I’ve just always been around the business and been fascinated by it.
Date: June 1, 2006
Location: Hawai'i, US
Interviewer: Akemi Kikumura Yano
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum
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