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"We heard of the FBI taking our friends and neighbors to jail during the night... we worried that if we were found with Japanese items... we could be severely punished. Mother spent hours burning many items. The hardest thing for her to do was to burn the Buddhist altar that held the tablets of our ancestors. She wept bitterly while asking for forgiveness" - Meriko Maida, member of Richmond family with a cut flower business

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"We heard of the FBI taking our friends and neighbors to jail during the night... we worried that if we were found with Japanese items... we could be severely punished. Mother spent hours burning many items. The hardest thing for her to do was to burn the Buddhist altar that held the tablets of our ancestors. She wept bitterly while asking for forgiveness" - Meriko Maida, member of Richmond family with a cut flower business
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sanae :vbike: :vbus: (SF) (sanae@carfree.city)'s status on Sunday, 31-Aug-2025 10:49:30 JST sanae :vbike: :vbus: (SF)
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There are plans to remove anything "inappropriate" by September 17, so this is maybe the last opportunity to see the uncensored version of the museum. This small museum will become a lot smaller.
I took a bunch of photos of the exhibits that I think will go away. I'm thinking of putting them up on my blog (cause the alt text would be long) but here are some of the more concise ones

In conversation about a year ago from carfree.city permalink