Omoide Tables of Contents

Omoide books are a collection of short stories based on the memories of Japanese Americans and those who touched their lives. There are presently two Omoide books available to be used with this curriculum.

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You can read and print out an excerpt from Omoide IV, "Sweet Treat of Minidoka," by Janet Sakamoto Baba.

Omoide IV

Part 1-Growing Up, Before Camp

  • Childhood Games - Frank Tanabe
  • Public Bath - Dell Uchida
  • Miss Ada Mahon of Bailey Gatzert - Yukio Tazuma
  • Sports - Frank Tanabe
  • Ben Tsutomo - Ats Kiuchi
  • Executive Order 9066 - Chuck Kato
  • You're Not Selling The Piano Are You? - Margaret Baba Yasuda
  • The Last Omedeto - Atsushi Kiuchi
  • Japs, Japs - Go Back to Japan - Sam Goto

Part 2 - Incarceration

  • Puyallup - Tama Inouye Tokuda
  • Barbed Wire - Atsushi Kiuchi
  • Scaring the Guards - Edward Hiroo
  • Minidoka Camp - Tama Inouye Tokuda
  • The Drowning - Akio Yanagihara
  • Akira Kanzaki - Atsushi Kiuchi
  • The Beginning of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team - Chuck Kato
  • Obaa-chan's Handiwork - Joanne Abe Fujimura
  • No Japs Allowed - Dee Miyamoto Goto Made Me Feel Different - Sam Goto
  • Sweet Treat of Minidoka - Janet Sakamoto Baba
  • A Dusty Place - Janet Sakamoto Baba
  • My Sister Passed Away in Camp - Edward Hiroo
  • Patsy - Peggy Ayako Nagata Tanemura

Part 3 - Going Home, Starting Over

  • The Final Journey - Atsushi Kiuchi
  • Decision At the Crossroads - Janet Sakamoto Baba
  • Living at "Tip School" - Shokichi Tokita
  • The Fishman Courier - Dee Miyamoto Goto
  • You Can't Do Anything You Want - Dee Miyamoto Goto
  • The Japanese Word "On" - Yukio Tazuma
  • Living in the ID - Janet Sakamoto Baba

Cover and Chapter Illustrations - Aki Sogabe
Story Illustrations - Sam Goto

Omoide V

Introduction

  • Child of the Camps- Baba

Chapter 1- Nihonjin

  • A Citizen's Arrest-Tsuboi
  • My First Kurismasu- Sam Goto
  • Go East Young Man- Dee Goto
  • Making Mochi- Dee Goto
  • Hawaiian Holiday- Elsie Tokita
  • Buddhist Christmas- Penny Kumagai Atcheson
  • A Special Neighborhood- Suma Yagi
  • Close to Culture- Baba
  • Bachan-Paige Wakamatsu
  • Penny Loafers- Joan Seko
  • My Favorite Holiday- Ed Hiroo

Chapter 2- Crossroads

  • Kaku Family Journey- Frances Yoshino
  • The Return- Joan Seko
  • The Train Ride- Sumi Akizuki
  • Rev Andrews and the Blue Box- Brook Andrews
  • The Soldiers Knocked- Sam Goto
  • Sticks and Stones- Sam Goto
  • Building Minidoka- Murray North

Chapter 3- Barbed Wire

  • A First Grader in Minidoka- Pat Abe
  • Onions- Chiyoko Murooka
  • I Want to be a Block Manager- Sat Ichikawa
  • The Hole- Dolly Tokunaga
  • The Unforgetable- Sat Ichikawa
  • Recruiting for the 442- Irene Mano
  • Yes/No- Tsugo Ikeda
  • Loyalty- Hiroshi Nakanishi
  • August Irony- Shox Tokita
  • Dancing- Ats Kiuchi
  • The Champion- Ats Kiuchi
  • The Canal- Ats Kiuchi
  • Leaving Camp- Ed Hiroo

Chapter 4- Postscript

  • Friends- Louise Matsumoto
  • Onigiri- Baba
  • A Lifetime "Bachi"- Shox Tokita
  • Uwajimaya- Kenzo Moriguchi
  • The Veterans- Frank Shinoda'
  • A Legacy- Penny Kumagai Atcheson
  • A Eulogy- Bobby Hiraki
  • Sand Storm- Jane Devenport
  • Lost Years- Louise Matsumoto
  • The Specimen- Dee Goto
  • Desert Pilgrimage- Suma Yagi