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Show OHI interview wi. th Yasuko K. Yasuda 4/30/84 8 taught them because I knew how to make things. Not for sale- just for ftm. LK During the war when 'Ibpaz existed, did you ever go down there? YY No, never. I have a bad stanach so I can't ride anything; so all my children, even fran Hawaii, cane to see rre. 11< What do you know al:x:Jut Topaz? What did you hear alxmt it? YY Oh, I head talk al:x>ut, for ins~, like pro-Japanese causing trouble in camp. 11< Were you ever afraid that you might have to go to camp yourselves? Was that ever a possibility? YY No, nothing. I never heard any rurcors, but I know that many railroad employees were fired. Mrs Matsumiya and others had to work, like picking fruits. I.K Were you able, in tenns of raising your children, were you ooncemed aOOut maintaining Japanese h:l.ckgroud, language, etc? YY I wanted to teach my children Ja:panese rut there was no Ja:panese School except in Salt lake. I did teach my eldest son Ja:panese at hc:ma. He was al::xJut five, learned to write to about seven and learned sene "kanji" rut now he has forgotten everything. He does write saretirres rut wrong kanji, like writing "top" for "OOttan". There was no possibility of going to a Japanese School, unless you took a train. LK How did it make you feel when your kids did not want to learn? What did that feel like it to you? YY He did not like it very IID.lCh. He said I have to go to school to learn English and then I cc:rce hc:lre to learn Japanese. He hated it, rut he did learn a little and write a little, rut if you don't use it, you forget. LK Mter the war, how did the fann do? 'ff Mter the war, everything, prices dropped. While we made lots of noney during the war, I don • t knoW where all the m:mey went. It is really strange ~e they disappeared to. We're good at spending :rconey. We saved about $4,000.00 which we deposited and before we cam= hare we made another $4,000.00. This m:mey I |
