Tomiko Shoji was born in 1926 in Taiwan. She is assisted during the interview by her relatives Minori and Isao Shoji. Her father was a Sinologist, and her family was heavily involved in education, including the women in the family, which was rare for the time. She talks about her experiences after she moved to Japan during elementary school. She was at a friend's house on the morning of the bombing, and had just arrived at work at the moment of impact; a heavy door in the office fell on her and she was injured. She talks about the hellish scene following the bombing and how she was able to meet up with her older sister, who had also survived. She returned to Taiwan after the war and got married, but her husband became angry and divorced her after finding out her status as a hibakusha. Afterward, she returned to Japan in 1963 to get treatment for her atomic bomb-related conditions, and then she came to the U.S.
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