Stuff contributed by IkuoShinmasu
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Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 6 – Atae’s education
Ikuo Shinmasu
In Part 5, I wrote about the pinnacle of Yoemon’s barbershop business in Walla Walla. This time I will focus on Yoemon’s other challenge: Atae’s education.
Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 5 – Barbershop business in its heyday
Ikuo Shinmasu
In Part 4, I shared how Yoemon’s Seattle-born children were left with Yoemon’s parents in Kamai and how Atae was brought back to Seattle where his parents were working. In this part, I will write about the pinnacle of Yoemon’s barbershop business.
Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 4 – Sending children to Japan
Ikuo Shinmasu
Part 3 introduced Yoemon’s family in Seattle after his marriage and his barbershop business with his wife. In part 4, I will write about the life of Yoemon’s children in Kamai. They were brought back to Japan for the sake of his business and Atae’s return to America.
Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 3 – Marriage and family
Ikuo Shinmasu
Continuing with Part 2 in which I wrote about Yoemon’s single life in Seattle, this part shares Yoemon’s marriage, children born in Seattle, and his barbershop business following the marriage.
Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 2 – Yoemon’s first job and life in Seattle
Ikuo Shinmasu
Part one introduced Yoemon’s hometown, Kamai, and how he sailed across the ocean via Hawaii, pretending to be a sailor, and landed in Seattle in 1906. Part two shares a detailed story about how he started his barbershop business three years after his arrival in Seattle.
Yoemon Shinmasu – My Grandfather’s Life in Seattle
Part 1 – From Kamai to Seattle
Ikuo Shinmasu
Kamai Village in Yamaguchi Prefecture
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