Kaki's class, a few days before the administration told us that Japanese-Americans wouldn't be allowed in the school, because of the restrictions placed on us. Kaki is the fourth from the left. Her friends Umeko and Emilia are the first and second from the left, respectively.
Kaki on Zakuro's shoulders after we were driven to the internment camps. We had to leave early in the morning, and the ride was long, so all of us were tired and dirty by the time we got to the camps.
Hanako was lucky. She got a job teaching the younger children in the camp, since they were still required to go to school. Here she is with a group of five-year olds, Kaki being one of them. Kaito was able to teach some of the older children, Zakuro being one of them.
We made some new friends in the first week of our internment at Manzanar. Omoi, the little boy, quickly became friends with Kaki and a few other younger children. Hanabi insisted that we call him Hana-jii like Omoi did, something that was easy for us to adjust to. Sadly, Hanabi died on the 9th of July in 1943, a little more than a year before we were able to leave.
This was the monument that they set up in remembrance of those who died, Hana-jii being one of them. The front, which reads 慰靈塔, means 'Soul Consoling Tower. I was one of those who helped to erect it, along with Kaito and several other volunteers.