Masao A Nisei Soldier's Secret home The Rabbit in the Moon

The Rabbit in the Moon

Their average age was about 14 years old at the time when they and their families were uprooted from their homes and imprisoned in a hastily-built compound in a harsh

monpei (pants) and padded jacket for women

organically grown in Ehime Prefecture

Can be used as a scarf or actual furoshiki (wrapping cloth) for a dramatic trompe d’oeil presentation

Masao A Nisei Soldier's Secret home The Rabbit in the MoonBy Sandra Vea. Born in San Bernardino in 1916, Japanese American Masao Abe was a typical American child. In 1924, his family traveled to Japan. Not knowing the language he hated Japan and wanted to go home. His family returned to California without him, an eight year old American child left in a foreign country. Masao adapted, even succeeded and became a military officer in training. After five years, his parents rejoined him in Japan. But when Masao