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Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders -10 Part Series • 33m

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    (2008, 44 minutes)

    Shirley Omatsu
    Born August 30, 1929

    Shirley Omatsu was born in Vancouver, BC. In Japan, her grandfather believed the West was where the future lay and her father was encouraged to go to Canada. Mrs. Omatsu has fond memories of growing up on the 300 block of Powell Street in V...

  • Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders, Ta...

    (2008, 35 minutes)

    Tak Miyazaki
    Born August 1, 1929

    Tak Miyazaki was born at the Japanese Hospital in Steveston, BC in 1929. Although he was a fisherman’s son Mr. Miyazaki would always get sea sick while on the water and never thought he would be a commercial fisherman. During relocation Mr. Mi...

  • Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders, Su...

    (2008, 44 minutes)

    Susumu Tabata
    Born December 9, 1925

    Susumu Tabata was born in Steveston, BC to a father who was an engineer on a fish packing boat. During the Depression his parents worked for eight to ten cents per hour. He remembers that although they were never rich, they never suffered e...