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My mother studied to be a language arts teacher. Her degree prepared her to teach Japanese literature. After she married, she worked full time in her in-law’s soba shop and raised her children.
Site 15: Queens
Mom in a Play (as a girl)
site 15 photo 1.1
My mom, Mitsuko, appears in a third grade school play holding the hinomaru (red sun) fan; hinomaru is the same sun symbol that appears on the Japanese flag
site 15 photo 1.2
Mitsuko (center) graduation from Kyoritsu Women’s College in Tokyo, 21 years old.