Kokochi.com
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Kokochi
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I was born in New York, NY. My mother is Japanese and my dad is American. I don't know or relate to NY because by the time I started recording memories, we were living in a tiny town called Essex in CT. There, my memories are colored by the big rock in the back forest, all my 30+ stuffed animals I had, Becky my beloved beagle, grilled cheese sandwiches, and my friends Amy, Reeve, and Eliza. At this time, I had NO CLUE I was half-Japanese. Didn't register one bit although I remember being teased. I just knew my mom spoke some strange sounds every once in a while on the phone.
One summer, my mom took my brother and I to Yokohama to visit our grandparents, people I had met once as a teeny baby. I remember riding the train from Narita sitting in front of them feeling some sort of connection but I couldn't speak to them. They were just smiling and were so cute. My brother and I had a great summer running around the neighborhood with water guns, exploring Yokohama, going to the summer festivals, being followed by kids who would mimic our English, having fun ourselves with the challenge of not knowing Japanese (i.e. guessing which trains would take us home and not freaking out if we were wrong), and listening to the Far East Network's Mystery Theater once a week (the one English language entertainment we treasured). It was a fun summer because we were there to explore and knew it was temporary.
Got back to Essex and it turned out my dad had been laid off and got a job in Tokyo with Sony (of course all this adult negotiation happened while we were in Japan without my brother and I knowing). I had NO IDEA what moving to Japan meant. I do remember crying a lot when Becky was adopted away and I had to say good-bye to my friends.
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- San Francisco CA
- United States 94112
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- +415.4529444
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