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Yoshigoro Ichinose Origins in Japan
Before Yoshigoro came to Hawaii he lived in the town of Kurogi.
His family address (The address assigned to the family koseki) was 293 0929 Kuwahara, Kurogi-cho, Yame-gun, Fukuoka-Ken.
In simple terms:
CHO (or MACHI) is a designation for town
(SHI would be a city and MURA would designate a village)
GUN is a designation for a "district" (which have no governing functions)
KEN is a designation for PREFECTURE which is the largest division in Japan of which there are 47.
Many times you may see Kurogi as Kurogi-machi.
Kurogi-machi actually does not legally exist anymore. On February 1, 2010, Kurogi, along with the town of Tachibana, and the villages of Hoshino and Yabe (all from Yame District), was merged into the expanded city of Yame.
Legally does not mean Kurogi-machi does not exist in reality. Many buildings, parks, landmarks, businesses and so on have kept the name Kurogi-machi.
Fukuoka prefecture (and thus Kurogi-machi) lay in the geographical most southern of Japans 4 large islands. This Island is called Kyushu.
Kurogi-machi is south east of the large port city of Fukuoka and North of Kamamoto as seen in the map below.
Fukuoka Prefecture Flag
White plum flower emblem on light blue field. Plum is a prefecture flower and the emblem stands for harmony and progress of people
Town flag of Kurogi-machi
Still trying to find out what the symbols represent
The only family info from Japan is found in the Koseki
Yoshigoro's father is Isokichi. His mother is Toku but no maiden name.
He has a younger sister Shime
Tome's Father was Kanshiro Tohno and her mothers name was Hine but no maiden name.
Tome was the 4th daughter of Kanshiro and had at least those 3 sisters.
Those who pay attention to details may notice that Tome lists her maiden name as "Higashino" on all documents but on this koseki her maiden name is "Tohno". Her parents first names Kanshiro and Hine do match with all records. This discrepancy is being looked into but everything else looks valid (I spoke to someone from Japan and they said that the Kanji can be translated to either Higashino or Tohno).
Almost nothing is known about Yoshigoro's family , history and events from Japan. It is hard to get information yet hopefully in the future I will make the trip there and possibly dig up some information.