Interviews
Her early life in Canada
I*: So when you came to Saskatchewan, how did you feel?
Well, I forget but very lonesome that time, isn't it? Yeah. I don't know how cook and I don't know anything. Can't talk English, and kind of lonesome, kind of, sometimes.
I: How many families were there?
Regina? Maybe (I know) Kitano, Nomura, maybe five or six families.
I: And how did they help you?
Oh, they take me shopping, yeah, shopping most of the time. Oh, Mrs. Kitano same apartment stay, she, and then that's why she taking me shopping and cooking. So I'm lucky that time.
I: So you stayed with the Kitagawa family the first time?
Yeah, same apartment, yeah.
I: And basically you spoke Japanese all the time?
Oh, yes, yeah.
I: So then after you were in Regina, then you didn't work at the store, did you, at the Silkalina?
Oh, no, no.
I: You just stayed home?
Yeah, that's right.
Sugu ni are ninshin shita desho. Dakara. [Laughs]
I: She got pregnant. [Laughs] And so she became a mother.
* "I" indicates an interviewer (Peter Wakayama).
Date: January 10, 2005
Location: Mississauga, Canada
Interviewer: Peter Wakayama
Contributed by: Sedai, the Japanese Canadian Legacy Project, Japanese Canadian Cultural Center
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