On Oct. 3, 1943, as the Pacific War was becoming more intense each day, I was born to my father, Fumio Yamamoto and my mother, Fumi. My father owned a food wholesaler in Kabukicho, a district in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward, that sold side dishes to department stores. My mother helped with the accounting and office work.
Mother’s dressmaking shop in the ruins of the war: Yohji Yamamoto (2)
