Tomeo Hanami

Photos from his childhood

Photo 1
Back row: Uncle Okura, Mrs. Okura (Chii's younger sister), Ichi (Tomeo's eldest sister), Koto (Tomeo's 2nd elder sister). Front row: Tomeo, Shin'ichi (Tomeo's father), Chii (Tomeo's mother), Suzuko (Tomeo's 3rd elder sister).
Photo 2
Standing: Tomeo, Chii, Koto. Sitting: Kazuo (Ichi's son and father of Andy and Lisa Hanami), Yoshie (Tomeo's younger sister), Suzuko, Chiyomi.

Photo 3



Photo 3 Closeup
From left to right: Suzuko, Auntie Okura, Ichi, two children (left crying, right looking down--unidentifiable), Kazuo, Chii, Tomeo, Yoshie (foreground), Koto (background), Shin'ichi.

Photos from young adulthood

Photo 4
Tomeo in the early 1940s taken when he lived in Twin Falls, Idaho. Left is wrinkled original, right is touched up version.

Photo 5 Tomeo probably in early 1940s, with someone in Idaho?

Photos from 1955

Photos are when Tomeo returned to Japan to visit his father and to marry Yasuko.

Photos 6-8
Is it my imagination, or is there a strong resemblance to dad now?

Photo 9
I don't know if that is Grandmother Chii or not. Ask Dad.



Photos 10-11
Shinichi and son, Tomeo.





Photos 12
Tomeo with family members in the back of the house.

Photos 13
Party for Tomeo and Yasuko.






Photos 14
The mandatory group photo. Tomeo looks stiff, Yasuko looks sheepish.





Photos 15
Tomeo and Yasuko.



Photos 16
The Hanami's meet the Moriwaki's. From left: Tomeo, Tadashi Moriwaki (Yasuko's brother), Yasuko, Fumiyo Moriwaki (Yasuko's mother), Shinsei (Tomeo's brother-in-law), and--I think--Yoshie (Tomeo's younger sister) with unidentified little girl.



Photos 17
The new Hanami family, Tomeo, Yasuko and Leo.