Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kamar yawancin Jafananci na zamaninsa, dangin Yanagi sun kasance wani ɓangare na Yaƙin Yaƙin Pacific na Empire of Japan. Sanin wannan tarihin dangi ya sanar da jikin aikin mai zane: mahaifinsa matukin jirgi ne, kuma kakan mahaifinsa ya yi aiki a cikin kula da kan iyaka a tsohuwar mulkin mallaka na Manchukuo na Japan kuma an tsare shi sama da shekaru goma a Siberia da China bayan mika wuya na Japan
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin aikinsa, Yanagi yana la'akari da ci gaba da bambancin dangane da matsayinsa da kuma matsayin al'ummar Japan a cikin wannan tarihin rikice-rikice.