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The path Tomizo Kohara followed
- devotion to gear-making
14. Evacuation | 
Tomizo at work wearing an eager expression
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World War II exerted great influence on Tomizo's business. Orders decreased sharply.
Restraints were imposed on the business activities by the military administration.
In 1944, B29 air raids on Japanese cities were launched almost every day. Kawaguchi was a prime target for bombs. People and factories began to evacuate into the country side. Tomizo decided to evacuate his factory to Negishi, a mountainous place. When he had spent all his money and exhausted all his energy for the evacuation, the war ended.
Tomizo felt relieved when he thought that the time would come to act freely and produce what you would want to make. With an effort he pulled himself together and returned to Kawaguchi. He, then, made farm implements with materials left on hand, and gained a bare livelihood.
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