Ken Nakata Picking Strawberries Bainbridge Island Nikkei since WWII History of Bainbridge Island From the 50s through the 70s many Island Nikkei helped pick berries on the few remaining Island farms. Though hard work, it was also a time to build comraderie and remember their island roots and the Issei who cleared these fields years before. Share farming, post-wwII, Nakata