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Edward Toru Horikiri. I was born in 1929, November 2nd, in Little Tokyo, at 305 East Second street. That used to be Ex-Tokyo Bank, now it's Union Bank. Used to be over the New York Hotel, and my father was running the New York Hotel, so I was born there. At 18 months old, my parents decided to go back to Japan, so I went with them.
Date: January 31, 2012
Location: California, US
Interviewer: John Esaki, Yoko Nishimura
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum
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