https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n My Grandmother's Story en-us 2019-02-12 13:39:35 UTC 2023-03-17 15:28:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/330316335 My grandmother emigrated from Japan in 1965, when she was 25 years old. She was living with her mother, father and 5 siblings in Shimada, Japan.]]> 2019-02-12 13:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/330316335 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/330316474 My grandfather, Leon Savitt went to Japan so he could see more of the world. He met my grandma, who was a college student at the time, and they started dating.]]> 2019-02-12 13:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/330316474 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/331082189 There is a system in Japan called omiai, which is when the parents of a young lady set her up with men that would be okay for her to marry. It's a matchmaking system, but my grandmother would not have been allowed to marry Leon if they stayed in Japan.]]> 2019-02-13 23:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/331082189 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/332412424 In my interview with my grandmother, she said that everyone who knew she was leaving was very sad. So while the country was not affected, the family was. When my grandmother was leaving on the train, her grandmother, my great-great-grandmother, cried a lot. Then she gave my grandma money, just in case my grandma was not happy in America, and wanted to come back to Japan]]> 2019-02-18 17:53:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/332412424 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/332427628 My grandmother could not speak English when she came to America, and she did not own a car. So her neighbors had to drive her and explain things that were new to her.]]> 2019-02-18 18:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/332427628 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/332668712 2019-02-19 13:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/332668712 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/333393846 2019-02-20 21:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/333393846 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/333394034 2019-02-20 21:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/333394034 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334087182 2019-02-22 11:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334087182 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334087458 2019-02-22 11:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334087458 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334090221 2019-02-22 12:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334090221 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334202700 2019-02-22 16:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334202700 ksauri https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334203244 2019-02-22 16:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ksauri/m0ssgc599s1n/wish/334203244