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>> Part 1Early the next morning, Cousin Hiroshi, who spoke fairly good English, Mandarin and …

Fuku Yokoyama Tsukiyama • Dec. 25, 2010

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FELIZ NATAL! — MERRY CHRISTMAS!: The Brazilian Connection - Part 1

It wasn’t until the samba beat of the tune “Brazil” roused me from a semi-stupor …

Fuku Yokoyama Tsukiyama • Dec. 24, 2010

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The Hopeful Child

In 1990 Japan revised its immigration law, allowing the Brazilians of Japanese descent to work in t…

Ricardo Yamamoto • Dec. 1, 2010

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

RUN!

In the mid-1990s, I stayed in an apartment on the grounds of a church in Liberdade (the J-Town sect…

John Katagi • July 12, 2010

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

One of my weirdest experiences in Brazil

My visit to the town of Tupã brought me face-to-face with . . . wait, I’ll tell you in…

John Katagi • June 16, 2010

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The year of a Brazilian across the world

Chapter 10: Memories of my exchange program in Fukuoka

At home, in Brazil, we always talked in Portuguese. During my adolescence, I attended Japanese clas…

Silvia Lumy Akioka • May 26, 2010

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

Brazil has steaks. And so much more!

One really cannot speak of travel without including the subject of food. Travel and food go hand in…

John Katagi • May 14, 2010

Brazil food travel

An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

What's on the Bottom of My Soup Bowl?

During one of my first visits to the city of Manaus in the early 1990s, I was hosted by a Japanese …

John Katagi • April 12, 2010

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An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

Beautiful, but Deadly

Kawashima sensei and I were at a conference outside of São Paulo at a retreat site called Ta…

John Katagi • Feb. 24, 2010

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AT MID DISTANCE: Japanese-Brazilian models and the Acquired Haafu Status

Brazilian nikkeis and their families began to arrive in Japan massively in the early 90´s pul…

Ricardo Yamamoto • Jan. 7, 2010

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FELIZ NATAL! — MERRY CHRISTMAS!: The Brazilian Connection - Part 2

FELIZ NATAL! — MERRY CHRISTMAS!: The Brazilian Connection - Part 1

The Hopeful Child

RUN!

One of my weirdest experiences in Brazil

Chapter 10: Memories of my exchange program in Fukuoka

Brazil has steaks. And so much more!

What's on the Bottom of My Soup Bowl?

Beautiful, but Deadly

AT MID DISTANCE: Japanese-Brazilian models and the Acquired Haafu Status