Entrevistas

1. Moved to Japan as my dekasegi father called on me (Japanese)

2. Facing hardships in Japan (Japanese)

3. The difference between Nikkei community in Oizumi and Brazil (Japanese)

4. Change in community after the collapse of Lehman Brothers (Japanese)

5. Accepted by Japanese society as I learned more Japanese (Japanese)

6. From being a dekasegi to a long-term resident (Japanese)

7. Challenges of Brazilian community in Japan (Japanese)

8. Change of identity (Japanese)

9. The term Nikkei (Japanese)

10. My daughter’s identity (Japanese)

11. Starting my own business as a graphic designer after the collapse of Lehman Brothers (Japanese)

12. On becoming a Japanese national (Japanese)

13. Letting people know I am from Brazil (Japanese)

14. Oizumi-machi is my hometown (Japanese)

Hirano,Paulo Issamu

(n. 1979) Sansei brasileño reside en Oizumi-machi, Prefectura de Gunma. Administra una oficina de Diseño Gráfico.

The difference between Nikkei community in Oizumi and Brazil (Japanese)

(Japanese) This might be because of the environment, but there aren’t many opportunities to meet people in the community in Japan. In São Paulo, where I was born and raised, we met almost every week. We got together and went to kaikan (hall). And we did karaoke, had karaoke practice, and sometimes had churrasco or Japanese dishes. Usually Sunday was our day off. Of course, in the morning, we had work at the fish shop, I mean my father did, so he didn’t have a whole day off, but we often spent weekends with friends and other family members. So we went out as a family or with friends and talked a lot together. But in Japan, we don’t do that very often. This is true within my family, too, and I think that the big difference is we don’t have many chances to get together.

Brasil comunidades prefectura de Gunma Japón nikkeis en Japón Oizumi

Fecha: October 18, 2016

Zona: Gunma, Japan

Entrevista: Shigeru Kojima

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Paulo nació en enero de 1979, en Sao Paulo, Brasil. Sus abuelos son oriundos de la Prefectura de Kumamoto, por lo que Paulo es un nikkei de 3º generación o sea “sansei”. Se crió en el Barrio Monte Kemel que está cerca del famoso barrio oriental Liberdade. En 1898 viene a Japón porque su padre ya trabajaba como “dekassegi”. Desde ese entonces, reside en la localidad de Oizumi, Prefectura de Gunma. Al comienzo tuvo dificultades de comunicación porque no hablaba el idioma japonés pero a medida que fue aprendiendo comenzó a tener amistades japonesas. Hoy en dia, es diseñador gráfico y con su nivel de japonés apoya a la comunidad brasileña local. En el 2009 se independiza y forma su propio Estudio. También, edita un free paper (revista de distribución gratuita con publicidad) para Oizumi-machi y anhela que esta ciudad sea un verdadero Barrio Brasileño “Brasil Town”. (Agosto de 2017)