Interview with Shizuko "Sue" Kadoguchi

Title
Interview with Shizuko "Sue" Kadoguchi
Accession number
2010.007
Interviewer
Peter Wakayama
Videographer
Peter Wakayama
Date of Interview
Language
English
Description

Shizuko Sue Kadoguchi's interview was conducted on July 17, 2010, by Peter Wakayama. Shizuko was born in Port Moody, British Columbia on September the 29th, 1920. She talks about her family history, with her father emigrating from Fukushima, Japan to Hawaii and then, transmigrating to Canada. When Shizuko was 10 years old, her family migrated to Japan and Shizuko speaks to her experience living there. After her parents passed away, Shizuko returned to Canada in 1940 and she settled in Woodfibre, BC. After receiving permission to travel to Vancouver City Hall, she married Bob Kadoguchi. Shizuko was interned with her husband's family in Tashme internment camp in BC. After the war, they relocated to Toronto, Ontario where they adopted two children. Shizuko learned Ikenobo in Japan and eventually started Ikebana classes at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) in Toronto. Shizuko and her husband were heavily involved with the JCCC and were one of the 75 families who served as guarantors for the bank loan needed to finance the building of the Cultural Centre.

Clip from Japanese Canadian Experience Conference: https://vimeo.com/340716190

Format
Videotape
Video File
Length of Interview
1 hr 58 mins
Event
Redress
World War II
Relocation
Forced Removal
Internment
Location
New Westminster, BC
Woodfibre, BC
Tashme, BC
Hastings Park, Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
Toronto, ON
Topic
United Church
Ikebana
volunteer
children
family
marriage
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC)
Number of Physical Tapes
2
Permission
For uses other than research or private study, researchers must submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast form.
Citation
Shizuko Kadoguchi, interview by Peter Wakayama, July 17, 2010, 2010.007, Sedai: The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project Collection, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.