Interview with Harold Miwa

Harold Miwa's interview was conducted on October 6, 2011 (Part 1) and October 20 (Part 2), 2011 by Lisa Uyeda.

Harold Hirao Miwa was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on August 15th, 1928. In his interview, he speaks about his childhood in downtown Vancouver living above a convenience store that his father owned. He then moved back to Japan with his mother for a brief period before returning to Canada and moving to Deep Bay, British Columbia. His family was then forcibly moved to Hastings Park, where they stayed for a few months before being interned in Tashme, where he recounts numerous anecdotes of his childhood including being mentored by Asahi baseball players. After the war, he moved to Ontario, first to Hamilton and subsequently to Thunder Bay to reunite with his family, where he was successful in baseball. Eventually, he settled in Toronto, raised a family and was able to coach his daughter in softball, and ran a successful printing business.