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Every time I look at Japan, something always surprises me, from the aesthetic shape of its geograph…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Nov. 1, 2023

aesthetics metaphysics Peru psychology tea ceremony theory of knowledge traditions Urasenke (school of tea) values

Raymi Kamishibai, the first Kamishibai school and library in Peru

There are initiatives that start with a name, with a man. Raymi Kamishibai is the first school and …

Javier García Wong-Kit • Oct. 18, 2023

Chorrillos district kamishibai libraries Lima Pepe Cabana Kojachi Peru street theater

Kenzo Kobashigawa, the sensei of dekasegi past

For Peruvians over 45 years of age, 1989 was probably one of the worst years in the history of thei…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Sept. 27, 2023

dekasegi foreign workers Japan Japanese languages Nikkei in Japan Peru

Reiwa Izakaya: Japanese taste in Peru

Nikkei fusion has been the main way in which Peruvians have learned about the benefits of Japanese …

Javier García Wong-Kit • Sept. 11, 2023

Arturo Uchima cooking cuisine fusion cuisine Julio Haruyama Lima Nikkei cuisine Peru Reiwa Izakaya (restaurant) restaurants

Shigueko Unten, everyone's chodewa

The first thing that surprises you about Shigueko Unten is that she doesn't look anywhere near …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Aug. 16, 2023

Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) Battle of Okinawa dekasegi foreign workers gateball (sport) generations Japan Nikkei in Japan Nisei Okinawa Prefecture Peru Shigueko Unten sports U.S. Occupation Army World War II

Nikkei Chronicles #12—Growing Up Nikkei: Connecting with Our Heritage

Jinsei no aki (Autumn of Life)

It’s the Year of the Rabbit and in October I will be 60 years old. My Okinawan grandparents w…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • Aug. 9, 2023

families Peru

German Chinen Murata: The secret artist

The story of German Chinen Murata (Lima, 1967) can be told as if it were a comic strip. The synopsi…

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 24, 2023

artists dekasegi foreign workers German Chinen Murata Lima Nikkei in Japan Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center Transiciones (exhibition)

Breve y reciente historia del haiku en Perú

El Perú parece tener sus propias corrientes literarias entre las que el haiku sopla como una…

Javier García Wong-Kit • June 26, 2023

haiku literature Peru poetry Retama School of Haiku

Augusto Ikemiyashiro, memories of a life dedicated to service

Augusto Ikemiyashiro does not seem like a man of this era. Their vocation for service and their st…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 21, 2023

Augusto Ikemiyashiro Japan Okinawa Prefecture Peru

“Nikkei postcards”: generational correspondence

It began as a play and then became an intergenerational manifesto through the “Nikkei Letters of th…

Javier García Wong-Kit • June 2, 2023

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