0:00 - Discussing mother's background; Japan

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Keywords: alcohol; family business; Issei parents; logging; midwife; nursing school; Osaka; Tokyo

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2:07 - Mother's background II; move to United States

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Keywords: domestic work; Ellis Island; midwife; nursing school; photographs; Tokyo

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5:32 - Discussing mother's experience after his father's death

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Keywords: Christianity; domestic work; widow

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7:10 - Discussing work after high school graduation

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Keywords: agriculture; family; Issei; Nisei; produce retail; sports

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9:12 - Describes his early childhood

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Keywords: childhood activities; Christmas; family; Issei parents; Los Angeles; poverty

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11:47 - Discussing his childhood after his father's death

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Keywords: Christmas; Long Beach; poverty

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15:04 - Discussing his sports participation in high school

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Keywords: academic acheivement; secondary education; sports

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17:37 - Discussing how the loss of his father impacted his life

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Keywords: family; hardship; Issei parents; multilingual

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19:39 - Discussing his post high school years

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Keywords: family; gardening; produce retail

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22:15 - Discussing how he went into business for himself

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Keywords: education; gardening; Issei

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25:14 - Discussing taking over a route from an Issei

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Keywords: education; gardening; Nisei

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27:21 - Discussing how his gardening business grew

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Keywords: Hakujin; Issei; laborers; landscape

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