Kamiya


Home

The Kamiya home had a grandfather clock, furniture with

glass and clawfoot legs and a piano. Papa had a roll-top

desk. Mother played the piano and Masa and Mishi took

piano lessons.


The family kept chickens, pigs and a cow. They also kept

pigeons for squab. They kept the chickens mainly for eggs.

Masuko remembers a breed called Rhode Island Reds.

They used milk from the cow and also sold milk to other

families; they also enjoyed homemade ice cream.


Each child had a mango tree while they lived at the house

on the Dixie Highway. After they moved to the old Sakai

house (about 1926) avocado trees were planted.