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Remembering Kikuko “Kiku” Inouye Ito, who loved to quilt, bowl, and cook
She also loved chocolate in all forms, but candy and Mallomars were favorites.
Kikuko “Kiku” Inouye Ito
Kikuko “Kiku” Inouye Ito was born to Asano (Watanabe) Inouye and Kikuichi Inouye in Brooklyn, New York on Dec. 22, 1922. She grew up in Brooklyn and later in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Starting at age 5, she worked as a cashier and hostess for her father’s Nikko restaurants. Her favorite pastimes were going to the “picture shows,” bowling and to Yankee Stadium, where she attended every Ladies’ Day for a nickel. She was active in the Japanese American Shudokai (later Japanese American United) Church, and her first job was as secretary for the National Council of Churches office on Riverside Drive. ....

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