Hello, I am thirteen years too late, but if you are still looking for information on relatives, I am as well. I am the great-great granddaughter of Shokichi Kobayashi, husband of Kotome Nagata, and I am searching for the Japanese hometown of the Kobayashi line and our family crest. Any information you have about the Kobayashi origins are welcome. So far all I can offer is the names of the other Kobayashi children and where they were buried. I also know that the Kobayashi's were probably from Wakayama, and that Osho was one of five children left behind there.