Interview Takashima

Date
1976
Interviewer: Wakayama, Tamio
Interviewee: Takashima
Description

This interview takes place at a dinner at a house which appear to be in Toronto. Many people are involved in the conversation and at times it can be difficult to make out as 2-3 different conversations are happening at once.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (1) 01:02:16 2) 01:01:31 3) 01:01:41))
Business/company discussed
Vancouver Salvation Army; Powell Street Review (magazine); Korean Schools Association; Kennedy Tennis Club; Stark Electronics.
Time period discussed
Confinement; Post-war; 1970s
Names mentioned
Edison Uno; Dr. Fujiyama; Capt. Yamata; Professor Angus; Ray Kiooka; Eugene Pak; Sonny Wakayama; Peter Wakayama
Topic discussed
Evacuation and confinement; intergenerational differences and conflicts among Canadian and American Nikkei; Christianity and the role of the church in internment; Japanese Canadian Identity; Intermarriage; Japanese culture and language in different Nikkei generations; some comparison of the Nikkei experience in Canada and the US.
Place of birth
New Denver, BC
Addresses of concern
500 Powell Street, 382 Powell Street, Hastings Park, Dewdney Trunk Road, Powell Grounds, UBC, Kingsway.
Accession Number
2010.23.3.4.35
Location
Toronto
Subject (Geographic)
Tashme (B.C.)
New Denver (B.C.)
Vancouver (B.C.)
Surrey (B.C.)
New Westminster (B.C.)
Mission (B.C.)
Dewdney (B.C.)
Haney (B.C.)
Port Hammond (B.C.)
Toronto (Ont.)
Winnipeg (Man.)
Hamilton (Ont.)
Chatham (Ont.)
Ajax (Ont.)
Montréal (Québec)
Fresno (Calif.)
Sacramento (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Oakland, CA
Chicago (Ill.)
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
India
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Japanese Canadian Oral History Collection
Identifier
johc_423
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Japanese Canadian National Museum

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