Chiyo Imai Rowe writes: “In November, Tuyet Nguyen and I spent two weeks exploring Japan together. I introduced her to around 20 of my relatives and we visited many of my favorite spots, as well as a few new ones. We even found ourselves stranded at a train station for several hours waiting for the winds of a typhoon to subside. Along the way, we enjoyed plenty of tofu and delicious Asian pears from my cousin’s orchard. As we traveled, Tuyet shared stories from her childhood in Vietnam and her experiences as a refugee after leaving the country. Although we decided on this trip impulsively in October, the idea of visiting Japan together had been in the works since I returned from my year as an exchange student at Keio University—44 years ago.”
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Class of 1983