My grandmother, in kimono, with Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima torii in background

I never knew my grandmother. She died before I was born. My dad seldom talked about her, about any of his past… Here are my grandparents with a child who is probably my aunt, Momoko, circa 1910. They were living in Berkeley, CA around that time. Their eldest child, a son, was with his grandparents […]