Hiroshima， Japan-1907
:liSataro Hoshi wasn t certain exactly when he made the definite deci-
V~on to go to America. The stories of the great western Utopia whele
riches spewed from the fertile earth like lava from noble Mount Fuji
had fascinated him for years. Even going away to find adventure m
the recent war with Russia hadn t dulled his appetite for a new life
where a man with verve and audacity--an entrepreneur such as him，
self---could build a fortune.
It certainly couldn t be done in Japan these days. Not only did
the postwar depression have the country by the throat， there simply
was little opportunity. Only the rich got richer. But these were only
factors--Sataro Hoshi wanted to go to America. In his tiny cubicle
at the store he had tacked a map of California to the wall and a day
didn t pass without his studying it and living out different successes.
Some nights he stayed on and enacted them at English practice.
And always he would construct the vivid scene of his triumphal
return; striding down a gangplank， head held high， the elegant clothes
a positive statement of his great riches and conquests. His lovely Itoko
would follow， regal as a queen; then his elder son Noboru， confident
and ready to become a leader in Japanese commerce; his other son，
Hiroshi， the young general， waiting joyously to meet them. It was a
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