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So much of what I loved was forgotten when I was so busy just surviving, but in that one week I wrote down everything and that gave me focus. I felt I was a small leaf floating in a huge body of water вЂ“ I didnвЂ™t know so many things and didnвЂ™t know if I could make it here. I always wanted to tell people about Japanese culture and tradition, but I forgot about that dream because life was so much harder than I imagined. So when I finally had a week off, I wrote a list: what I have (youth), what I know (working in the restaurant), and what I want (I was always dreaming about going abroad to teach). I was thinking, is this my lifetime job? My mother always said donвЂ™t worry about what you canвЂ™t do, focus on what you can do. The first year was really fascinating, but little by little I got bored. Without thinking much, I said ok and within two months I had a work permit. The owner was very nice and encouraged me to apply for a Green Card. I had to work, but what I could do? I didnвЂ™t speak English much so all I could was waitress at a Japanese restaurant. We came here with a backpack, one Japanese English dictionary, a few t-shirts, a couple pairs of jeans, a huge tape recorder for learning English and some money that we got as a wedding gift. My husband was a contemporary composer and wanted to go to Julliard.

I was a schoolteacher 45 years ago in Japan and came here on July 10, 1978, as a newlywed to live here for one year.

How did you get started in this business?ДЇrom necessity. She also created The Gohan Society, won the James Beard вЂњAngel AwardвЂќ and collected countless distinctions for entrepreneurial leadership.

Saori Kawano founded the Japanese tableware store Korin here in 1982, and in those four decades since has drawn chefs from across the country for her unique products and connections to the finest Japanese craftspeople.

#PIECES 1982 JAPAN SERIES#

The Spotlight series is a feature for the OGs with photographs by Claudine Williams. Because this site focuses on news, the businesses that have been around awhile-and that make this neighborhood special-donвЂ™t get the coverage they should.

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