I'll read it more carefully tomorrow. It's touching that you care that much about this family. Did you go look for their family in Japan?
NattieShea
Yes, Marian and I went to Japan.
The story of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk colony is little know in the U.S.A. But it is a significant part of Japanese-American history. When I posted that page in 1999 I did a search and sent a couple of e-mails to Japan. The people in Aizu-Wakamatsu were very appreciative. This year the cultural center in Aizu wrote and performed a play depicting the story of Okie and the failed colony. Marian and I were HONORED GUESTS!!!! For three days we were IT. . . royalty . . . king and queen for a day . . . Woody Allen's 15 minutes of fame times 100!
Here's a research paper on the colony . . .
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