Day 3

Today we were given the opportunity to meet with Curt Fukuda and Ralph Pearce. They are the co-authors of a book about the history of the San Jose Japantown community.  Since they’ve conducted countless interviews and oral histories, both Mr. Fukuda and Mr. Pearce were great resources for us, especially since we will be meeting with many people throughout the community in the future.  We would like to thank them for giving us an insight to interviewing the Japantown community and for the tips on interviewing different personalities and generations. We would also like to thank them for sharing with us the background behind the book they have been working on since 1999!  

One of many helpful handouts from today's meeting with Mr. Fukuda and Mr. Pearce

We have been working really hard on the blog and on NCI’s Google+ page so please stop by there.  Also, thank you to San Jose Taiko for letting us join in on your lunch and thank you Meg Suzuki-Hudson for the delicious food!