Baba Chan's husband (Harukichi Abe) was from Niigata, Japan, located in the mountains on the main island of Honshu. Baba Chan went back with him there after they were married in Hawaii (Baba Chan was 17 yrs. old), and stayed with Ji Chan's family for 18 months. It was so cold that Baba Chan remembers wearing 13 kimonos. It also got so deep with snow that the paths through the snow were like walking between 2 walls higher than your head!
In Niigata they speak a dialect of Japanese which Baba Chan learned from her Mother-in-Law. She still speaks the dialect with a woman at the Senior Citizen's Club. Other members of the senior's club that come from Japan cannot understand what they are saying.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
New Frontier
I know what you're thinking: "A blog? Really, Nancy, a blog? First facebook and now this?"
Yes, I do indeed have a blog. And I'm pretty excited about it. But let's be clear- this isn't going to be your adolescent blog. There will be no drama, nor will there be any existential crises. So what's a blog without all that juicy stuff? Well, I have some stories to share. Stories steeped in history and imbued with myth. Tales of my forbearers, to be more exact. And believe you me, there will be plenty of juicy stuff to go around.
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