The book is almost done, please join us in celebrating the launch of the book on March 15, 2026 at 1:00 - 3:00 at Nikkei Cultural Centre located at 6688 Southoaks Street, in Burnaby BC. Please join us for snacks, refreshments, and entertainment and an opportunity to buy a signed copy of the book. Haruye - A Life Lived Book Launch March 15, 2026 | 1:00 - 3:00 pm Nikkei Cultural Centre 6688 Southoaks Street, Burnaby, BC

We had a fun night getting some professional headshots done for the book. Big shout out to Alex Law Photography for taking great care of us. https://www.alexlawphotography.com/

When we were in internment camps we were not allowed to leave the confides.  I do know the men who were working on road camps near...

On the way back from Christina Lake, we stopped off at the Nikkei Park in Greenwood BC. By luck, Chuck Tasaka was working on the park...

This is us on the final day in Magna Bay, sitting by the wharf of Shuswap  Lake. Kay, Noriko, Jane, me and May Uyeda 1953 and 1954 We...

Dr.  STUART, COOPER ROBINSON Dr. Stuart Cooper Robinson was born in 1921 and sadly passed in 2011 at 90 years of age.  Three generations...

Before the internment, we lived in Port Hammond (Maple Ridge) BC and in 1942 we were forcibly removed to Hastings Park, then to tent city...

On the weekends, mother made udon noodles.   Every Saturday she was up at 600am to prepare the dough.  My olderr sister Yoko was assigned...

Photo: Yoshiye, Haruye and Sumi (Valentines Grade 3 concert, 1947) It was spring 1947 and the school had a Valentine’s concert. Our...

This is in 1950. I was grade 6,  12 yrs old …… Lucy, my friend lived in downtown  New Denver (Nelson ranch area). I was visiting her...

Photo: New Denver. BC. This is my grade 4/5 class photo. Mrs. Johnson is my first hakujin teacher (1948 — 1949). Notice that the...

I remember a night in the summer of 1946 in Bay Farm, I was 8 years old, my sister Vickie was 7 and my older sister Kay was our baby...