windows to prevent being injured by broken glass. Hard to imagine being an American citizen working for the Japanese government and fearing for their lives whenever they heard the American planes flying by.

The sisters survived the war and stayed in Japan for another three years.  Because of their fluency in Japanese and English, they ended up helping the American military with the reconstruction of Japan in 1946 by working in an American government office. Both were in Japan until 1949 when they returned to Sacramento. While they were in Japan for nine years, their family did not receive any news about their situation, not even knowing if they were still alive. The Takeda family members were at the Tule Lake internment camp until 1945. Fortunately, the family was reunited and returned to their home on Sixth St. in Sacramento. 

In the early 1950s, Caroline and Mitsuye began to teach Japanese classical dance all over northern California, traveling by Greyhound Bus every weekend. They had students in San Jose, Stockton, Sacramento, Walnut Grove, Marysville, and Florin. They both did what they loved to do.