by Kazu
The first Japanese-American Governor of the State of Hawaii was Mr. George Ryoichi ARIYOSHI whose father was from Fukuoka.
His mother was from Kumamoto Prefecture. When the fabulous ceremony for establishing a sister-state affiliation between Hokkaido and Hawaii, I met him and talk with him for a while during waiting taxi called for him and his wife. I was very happy to talk to him. Kindly he praised my command in English because we were talking in English. But I was surprised to hear him speaking fluent English after our chat. I remember that he played a role as an interpreter during the GHQ ruled Japan after World War Ⅱ.
He kindly talked with me in English without showing his good command in Japanese. I blushed after remembering good command in Japanese but I am very proud of our talk in Honolulu.
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