and the charming character of the Cayman Islands is at risk of becoming lost amongst the demands of mass tourism.

who have long made their home in L.After the passing of his grandmother.

(John Diefenbach/Courtesy The Huntington Library.The wood and natural materials absorb the warmth and moisture of daytime and give it off at night.Akira Yokoi spent his grammar and middle school years living in the house.

a feeling that can only be felt by having the experience in person.but could also be shared and widely appreciated.

13 during a preview of a 320-year-old shoya house that opens to the public this Saturday at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino.

the house was in need of restoration that could only be performed by trained artisans and experts of traditional construction in Japan.Two of her brothers were fervently pro-Japan and were convinced Japan was winning the war.

By BILL WATANABEMy family was sent from the harsh climate of Manzanar in Inyo County to the harsher climate of Tule Lake near the Oregon border in March of 1944.You would actually fight for America and against Japan?If only the walls could speak to us now – what might they have heard?As it turned out.

government is planning to send us back to Japan.they were sent back to Japan with their families.