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Toshimi Tsuruta • Feb. 17, 2016

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Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Vegetables brought by Japanese immigrants, part 1

There is a tourist spot called Teatro Amazonas in the Centro (downtown) of Manaus. It is an impress…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Jan. 13, 2016

Amazon River Region Brazil food immigration Manaus Peru vegetables

Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Regular Japanese events held in Manaus

One day, while I was working in the Japan-Brazil office, I was approached by Mr. Kawada, a living e…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Nov. 11, 2015

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Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

The unique students of Japanese language schools

I was dispatched as a senior Japanese language education volunteer to the Western Amazon Japan-Braz…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Sept. 28, 2015

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Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Japanese language classes in Manaus

After completing our pre-training in Japan, which began in March 2010, we Japanese community volunt…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Aug. 24, 2015

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Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Visit the tropical city of Manaus

"It happened! It happened! It really happened!" It was May 2010 and I was at the JICA Yok…

Toshimi Tsuruta • June 23, 2015

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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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Koutakuseis: uma comemoração histórica aos 80 anos - Parte 2 de 2

Leia a parte 1 >> As comemorações do 80º Aniversário As comemora&…

Célia Abe Oi • Jan. 12, 2012

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Koutakuseis: uma comemoração histórica aos 80 anos - Parte 1 de 2

A lei promulgada no dia 20 de outubro de 2011, pela Assembleia do Estado do Amazonas, foi hist&oacu…

Célia Abe Oi • Jan. 5, 2012

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Dedicated to improving the lives of the Amazon River people: Japanese people taking on social inequality

第２回　陸の孤島マニコレ

＞＞第１回遠隔地は半自給自足で週に三便しか飛ばない十八人乗りプロペラ機で一時間ほど行くと、樹海の真っ只中に忽然とマニコレ市が現れた。アマゾナス州都マナウス市から南に三百三十三キロ近く、船なら二晩か…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 22, 2009

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Vegetables brought by Japanese immigrants, part 2

Vegetables brought by Japanese immigrants, part 1

Regular Japanese events held in Manaus

The unique students of Japanese language schools

Japanese language classes in Manaus

Visit the tropical city of Manaus

What's on the Bottom of My Soup Bowl?

Koutakuseis: uma comemoração histórica aos 80 anos - Parte 2 de 2

Koutakuseis: uma comemoração histórica aos 80 anos - Parte 1 de 2

第２回　陸の孤島マニコレ