Aralasco Launch at Kishi Boatworks
Steveston, BC, 1926
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Kishizo Kimura was a member of the famed Asahi Baseball Team in 1917. Kishizo is second from the left in the middle row.
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Isao Kishi’s Registration Card. All Japanese Canadians over the age of 16 had to carry these cards at all times from 1941 to 1949.
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- Miss Sandner
This is a photo of the Miss Sandner, a boat built by my grandfather Kiheiji Kishi and his cousin Saeji Kishi while they were interned at Christina Lake. I found this enlarged photo hanging on the wall of the Christina Lake Visitors’ Centre when I went there this summer.… Read more: Miss Sandner - Alpine Inn Residents During WWII
I have recently added a spreadsheet to this site that I have been working on intermittently for the past two years. It lists all the residents I could find who lived at Alpine Inn, a self-supporting site located at Christina Lake, BC, during WWII. Thanks to Kathleen Smythe and… Read more: Alpine Inn Residents During WWII - Mourning Sky
We visited the Umami Art Exhibit at the Nikkei National Museum this past weekend when we attended the Nikkei Matsuri celebration. I was surprised by an artwork by Marlene Howell entitled Mourning Sky. It was a painting of confiscated Japanese Canadian fishing boats surrounded by a collage of letters… Read more: Mourning Sky - Kishizo Kimura and the Nippon Tennis Club
I have written an article about my grandfather Kishizo Kimura and the Nippon Tennis Club (NTC). Much has already been written about the Asahi Baseball Club but the NTC was also popular within the Nikkei community. As far as I can tell, no one has documented the history of… Read more: Kishizo Kimura and the Nippon Tennis Club - My Grandfathers Had Both Been Previously Married!I found out some shocking news after translating some of the koseki documents. Both my grandfathers had previously been married! I don’t think any of their children knew about this. Kiheiji Kishi, my paternal grandfather, had a first wife named Kiyoe Hamachi. They were married on Aug. 1, 1919.… Read more: My Grandfathers Had Both Been Previously Married!