Return to California: Photos

A Japanese American woman with long hair speaks into a microphone. On the screen next to her is a photo of a large Japanese American family: mother, father, and eight children.
Shoshana Arai reads “A Topaz Childhood,” by Michi Mukai, who was unable to attend but joined us briefly on Zoom. Photo by Chris Yamashiro.
A senior Japanese American man in a baseball cap, sitting in the audience, speaks.
John Minamoto attended with several other members of the Minamoto family to support his sister Gay, both of whom were born in Topaz. John had some stories to tell about his mother, Harue, and her legendary “feistiness.”
Photo by Chris Yamashiro.

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