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Rubén Sugano loves talking to older people. Issei or nisei. Listen to their stories. Nurture yourse…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 20, 2016

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New trends in Nikkei cuisine

The Peruvian appetite seems as great as its ability to create new businesses around its famous gast…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Sept. 7, 2016

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Nikkei Chronicles #5—Nikkei-go: The Language of Family, Community, and Culture

How I Found Out I Was Uchinānchu (Okinawan)

I lived a peaceful life with my grandparents on the 11th block of Arnaldo Márquez street i…

Javier Takara • Aug. 31, 2016

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Miyuki Arakaki, uchinanchu feeling

The silence shocked him. I had never experienced anything like this before. Accustomed to the hustl…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Aug. 3, 2016

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Daniel Silva Yoshisato: In the image and likeness

Daniel walks through Miraflores with his eyes protected by dark moons. It's winter in Lima and …

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 28, 2016

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The Japanese Peruvian Community of Chicago

On a warm spring day last year, members of the Japanese Peruvian community filled the pews of the C…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • July 21, 2016

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Kazoku: Heat of home and family

There is a place in Lima reserved for the older Nikkei, a peaceful place that, more than an asylum …

Javier García Wong-Kit • June 23, 2016

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Memories of a Matador

The ocean has always had great significance in the life of Mitsuya Higa. Ever since he was a child,…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 16, 2016

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A poet in stopped transit

Language is the homeland of any poet. Perhaps that is why Juan Carlos de la Fuente Umetsu (Lima, 19…

Javier García Wong-Kit • May 25, 2016

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Juan Carlos Tanaka, the ambassador of ramen in Peru

Juan Carlos Tanaka was 22 years old when he emigrated to Japan in the 1990s. Like thousands of youn…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • May 11, 2016

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