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Pushed by his father to study in the US I got to know Hikaru Fujimoto, a CPA based in Chicago, whe…

Keiko Fukuda • March 4, 2024

Nikkei Chronicles #7—Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage

The Mochitsuki Tradition in the Hikari Group of Londrina, Paraná

In Brazil, mochi – little cakes made with a glutinous Japanese rice known as mochigome &ndash…

Alba Shioco Hino +2 • June 25, 2018

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Hotaru no Hikari and the awakening of reality

Whenever I hear the chords of Hotaru no Hikari I feel my heart sinking and the feeling of no…

Katsuo Higuchi • March 2, 2018

Brazil Hotaru no hikari (song) songs

Nikkei Chronicles #6—Itadakimasu 2! Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

The influence of Japanese cuisine in Brazil – yesterday, today and tomorrow

Japanese immigrants came to Brazil in the last century to work on coffee plantations with the dream…

Alba Shioco Hino +2 • June 26, 2017

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

The Japanese language in the daily lives of the members of the Hikari Group of Londrina

We belong to a generation of children, youths, adults, and seniors who are descendants of Japanese …

Alba Shioco Hino +2 • Sept. 19, 2016

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Nikkei Glow

Londrina, a city in the north of the state of Paraná, is the second community with the largest numb…

Tatiana Maebuchi • Nov. 27, 2015

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An encounter that was infinitely far away

父の日記（1）あの時、私は…

その当時、父はサントスで歯の技工士の仕事をしていた。28歳で独身の身であった。後に、ある白人歯医者の名義を借りて正規ではなかったが、歯医者として開業をした。その頃の苦しい生活や失敗談、お世話になった…

Hidemitsu Miyamura • March 28, 2013

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Hikari, una empresa con alas: Pollos, trabajo y nido de los Gushiken

Era 1978 y Julio Gushiken Irey (59) solo quería hacer un negocio para poder casarse. Ten&iac…

Angélica Camacho +1 • Jan. 17, 2012

Hikari (restaurant) Peru restaurants

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CPA and lawyer Hikaru Fujimoto, who moved to the U.S. in 1985 and lives in Chicago