Interview with Kimiko Kuwana Sakai

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1998

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Piianaia, Nancy

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Pahoa-born daughter of Japanese immigrants tells of growing up on the plantation, schooling, and working as a kitchen helper and cook. She speaks of her marriage to a fisherman and raising their children in Waiakea. Describing how they survived the 1960 tsunami, she includes a sketch of their escape route.
hospital kitchen worker, babysitter, cook; Japanese; female
Interview conducted in English.

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Family Life, Fishing, Food, Natural Disasters, South Hilo (district)

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/30361

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38 min
60 pages

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Hilo, Hawaii (island)

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DU629 .H28 T78 2000

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Tsunamis Remembered: Oral Histories of Survivors and Observers in Hawai‘i
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