EZAKI​,​ Minozo

I trained in a candy shop and a bakery. In the last ten years, there have been so many more Japanese people here. Now you can see Japanese faces everywhere, but back then, sometimes a whole year would go by without seeing even one. I buy my own ingredients, and I cook the things I like myself—New York dishes I enjoy. That way, I don’t bother anyone. You know, I never got married. Back then, I said I wouldn’t, but nowadays everyone gets married—even people like me would, if it were now. About fifteen years ago, I became involved with Nichiren Buddhism. I’m planning to go back to Japan sometime soon. This interview is part of the DMHJNY's new exhibit Issei: Portraits Of The First-Generation Japanese New Yorkers which is on view here: https://www.historyofjapaneseinny.org/issei/