The Hood River Issei

The Hood River Issei

An Oral History of Japanese Settlers in Oregon's Hood River Valley  by Linda Tamura

The Asian American Experience  Series Editor Roger Daniels, University of Cincinnati

Foreword by Roger Daniels

University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago

mention of Mitzi Asai Loftus (Hood River and Ashland citizen)

Issei Profiles:  Mrs. Itsu Akiyama, Oak Grove, 89 years old, born 3/25/1896 Okayama, Japan

    Mrs. Tei Endow, Odell, 85 years old, born 8/22/1900, Tokyo, Japan

    Mrs. Maki Hamada, Milwaukie, 89 years old, born 10/3/1896, Bingo, Japan

    Mr. Masaji Kusachi, Dee, 82 years old, born 3/1/1903, Okayama, Japan

    Mrs. Misuyo Nakamura, Odell, 82 years old, born 6/5/1903, Hiroshima, Japan

    Mrs. Hatsumi Nishimoto, Pine Grove, 85 years old, born 9/3/1900 Hiroshima, Japan

    Mrs. Asayo Noji, Parkdale, 89 years old, born 2/27/1897 Hiroshima, Japan

    Mrs. Miyoshi Noyori, Dee, Oregon and Sacramento, CA, 85 years old, born 2/15/1901, Okayama, Japan

    Mr. Chiho Tomita, Odell, 95 years old, born 3/20/1890, Fukushima, Japan

    Mrs. Hisa Wakamatsu, Oak Grove, 92 years old, born 7/1/1893, Nagahama, Japan

    Mrs. Hama Yamaki, Pine Grove, 94 years old, boarn 10/10/1891, Fukushima, Japan

    Mrs. Masayo Yumibe, Dee, Oregon and Sacramento, CA, 82 years old, born 2/21/1904, Fukuoka, Japan

    Mr. Miyozo Yumibe, Dee, Oregon and Sacramento, CA, 84 years old, born 7/1/1901, Fukuoka, Japan 

 Chronology of Important Events

Part One: Living in Japan, Part Two: Bound for America, Part Three: Arrival in America

    Part Four:  Labor, Part Five: Life in America, Part Six:  War Years, Part Seven:  Relocation, Part Eight:  The Hood River Situation

    Part Nine:  Issei Today, Part Ten:  Concluding Comments with perspectives on the Hood River Issei

Appendix A: Japanese Population in the US and Hood River County

Appendix B:  Japanese Society Minutes:  Construction of the Hood River Japanese Community Hall