The Mostly Happy Life of Toshi Ozawa

Toshi Ozawa left Tokyo and a secure job at his father's factory in search of a more fulfilling life. Ayami Matsumoto was forced to leave her home in Hanamaki by an abusive father when she courageously defended her mother. A chance encounter along a wooded path in the Kamaishi mountains by the two young strangers changed their lives forever. Thus begins the saga of four generations, as they make their way from the small fishing village in Northeastern Japan to San Francisco. This is...
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Toshi Ozawa left Tokyo and a secure job at his father's factory in search of a more fulfilling life. Ayami Matsumoto was forced to leave her home in Hanamaki by an abusive father when she courageously defended her mother. A chance encounter along a wooded path in the Kamaishi mountains by the two young strangers changed their lives forever. Thus begins the saga of four generations, as they make their way from the small fishing village in Northeastern Japan to San Francisco. This is their story of love, hardship, success and failure, as they adjust to a rapidly changing environment during Japan's Industrial Revolution of the late nineteenth century and beyond. Follow them as they convert to Christianity in a predominantly Shinto country, through natural disasters, epidemics, World War II, and Topaz internment. Book One, Kamaishi, is the beginning.