Yuko Nakasone
For 18 years, he worked at a television production company in Tokyo, where he was involved in research, planning and production of shows such as "Naruhodo the World" (Fuji TV) and "Kagaijugyoukoso Senpai" (NHK). In 2010, he visited Peru, where his grandparents immigrated, for three months, but was shocked by the Peruvian people's "eatiness" and "food culture," and moved there for four years. During that time, he planned, wrote and coordinated Peruvian cuisine, and disseminated it to Tokyo. After returning to Japan in 2014, he has been mainly involved in planning music and videos that connect Latin America and Okinawa. He is the representative of the music event "Okinawa Latina" and the producer of Argentine artist Goose Tono, and continues to work as a Peruvian cuisine researcher.
(Updated January 2018)
Stories from This Author
The road that connects "NIKKEI"
Jan. 3, 2018 • Yuko Nakasone
Late at night on January 30, 2017. After 23 hours of air travel, I arrived at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru. In the crowded arrival lobby, I quickly searched for familiar eyes. There they were! My eyes met those of my Japanese-Peruvian relatives, who were tired of waiting. As they said "Welcome back," memories of the four years I'd spent in this country and hopes for new encounters came together, and the hot summer winds of the Southern …
