Search | Journal | Discover Nikkei

My name is Hirari. Is it a nice and unusual name? Everyone says so. Why Hirari? My mother chose it …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Nov. 17, 2016

Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers Nikkei in Japan

Black tea in Registro: the rescue of tradition

Registro, a city in the interior of São Paulo that plays an important role in the culture and histo…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Nov. 4, 2016

black tea Brazil Elizabeth Umeko Shimada Registro São Paulo tea

Episode 26 (Part 2) "Don't come back! Do your best in Japan!"

Read the first part >> After finishing overtime work, Kei returned home. When he opened his m…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 27, 2016

Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers Japan Nikkei in Japan

Yuba, a Nikkei school of life

Peculiar and interesting is the Yuba Community, in the city of Mirandópolis, in São Paulo. There ar…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Oct. 18, 2016

Brazil São Paulo Yuba Community

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

Nikkei with Y

108 years after the Kasato Maru ship officially brought the first immigrants from Japan, Brazil is …

Claudio Sampei • Oct. 11, 2016

Brazil Japanese languages Portuguese language pronunciation

I want some Japanese fabric too!

I was deeply moved when I read the story of Mia Nakaji Monier, which was published in Discover Nikk…

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Oct. 7, 2016

Brazil families sewing

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

Gaijin

I couldn’t understand my friend Emília. I brought her along to spend the holidays at m…

Heriete Setsuko Shimabukuro Takeda • Oct. 6, 2016

Brazil identity Japan Japanese languages Okinawan language Okinawa Prefecture Uchinaguchi

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

Daikon, Kabu, Akadaikon, Akakabu

After starting to cook in a slightly more conscious manner (living with Bia, my girlfriend, I&rsquo…

Nilton Suenaga • Oct. 3, 2016

Brazil families food languages vegetables

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

Dona Terezinha’s teachings

My mother's name was Terezinha. She left us this earthly life at the age of 59 and I consider t…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • Sept. 27, 2016

Brazil languages

Episode 26 (Part 1) "Don't come back! Do your best in Japan!"

When the alarm clock rang, Yurika woke up immediately. Every morning, she was already awake before …

Laura Honda-Hasegawa • Sept. 22, 2016

Brazil dekasegi fiction foreign workers Nikkei in Japan

Journal Search

Episode 27 (Part 1) A Gift from Heaven

Black tea in Registro: the rescue of tradition

Episode 26 (Part 2) "Don't come back! Do your best in Japan!"

Yuba, a Nikkei school of life

Nikkei with Y

I want some Japanese fabric too!

Gaijin

Daikon, Kabu, Akadaikon, Akakabu

Dona Terezinha’s teachings

Episode 26 (Part 1) "Don't come back! Do your best in Japan!"