| Title |
Interviews with Japanese in Utah: Jun Kuramada |
| Alternative Title |
Jun Kuramada: interviews on August 24, 1984, and October 24, 1984 |
| Creator |
Kuramada, Jun, 1913-2013 |
| Contributor |
Fuller, Sandra T., 1945- |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1984-08-24; 1984-10-24 |
| Date Digital |
2014-05-07 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206/ ; Japan, http://sws.geonames.org/1861060/ |
| Subject |
Kuramada, Jun, 1913-2013--Interviews; Japanese Americans--Utah--Interviews; Japanese American physicians; Dentists; Japanese American Citizens' League; Japanese American soldiers |
| Description |
Transcript (typescript, 86 pages) of two interviews with Jun Kuramada, a Japanese-American living in Utah in 1984. Mr. Kuramada (b. 1913) talks about his parents, their life in Japan, and his mother's views on the importance of education. Other topics covered include life small towns throughout Southern Utah, discrimination, farming, practicing dentistry in Utah, the JACL, Salt Lake City during the World War II years, courting his wife, and stories of various other family members |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Relation |
http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv45901 |
| Scanning Technician |
Matt Wilkinson |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s64j1z8t |
| Topic |
Japanese Americans; Japanese American soldiers; Japanese American Citizens' League; Dentists; Physicians |
| Relation is Part of |
Mitsugi M. Kasai Memorial Japanese American Archive |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
898710 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j1z8t |
| Title |
Page 10 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_ijau |
| ID |
898632 |
| OCR Text |
Show OHI Jun Kuramada 8-24-84 s1:9 JK Well, it ~Mas typically a little Japanese inn. Itwasn't very-- nothing fancy. Butit was- I remember, SF But it's not like what we think of a hotel here. JK NO, no. It looked more like just a country home It had several - several--------- rooms. And what I remember most about that, they justffisigned me one small room with the tat ami floors and the blankets that they pull out of the little shelves. And - one central dining area. Andone bathroom. Now, the one bathroom was a regular Japanese bathroom. And at the time that they asked me if I wanted to take a bath .r said, sure. But I - But Japanese baths are such that you sponge yourself and you watch yourself and you rinse yourself off beforeyou get into the tub. Bell, that part was all right. Until I tried to get into the tub. And it was so hot. HOt, I couldn't quite make it until !asked them to pour some cold water in it to cool it down a littlebit. And then you soak in it until Oh, it's a delightful feeling actually to soak in there. And be able to getup and dhen you can go right to sleep. There'snothing better to induce sleep - that hot - what they call it, the-------------- See. SF That's nic~ Was there a garden. JK OH, yes, they had. Just aboutevery home there in Japan, whether its a small place or just a-- any size, most cr them have a little graden at the entry way or -because- ACtually, it doesn't matter where you go in Japan, the ground is so expensive, so |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64j1z8t/898632 |
