
Carrying a photograph of the man she is to marry but has yet to meet, young Hana Omiya arrives in San Francisco, California, in 1917, one of several hundred Japanese ?picture brides? whose arranged marriages brought them to America in the early 1900s. Her story is intertwined...

The story of a Japanese American picture bride, from Angel Island to Topaz
Seeking an escape from life in her small village in Japan, Hana Omiya arrives in California in 1917, one of thousands of Japanese "picture brides" whose arranged marriages brought them...

In 1917 in Japan, Hana's family finds a Japanese man in the United States for her to marry. But is a picture and few letter enough to start a marriage?



