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"Transpacific Borderlands" Artist Profiles

Transpacific Borderlands: The Art of Japanese Diaspora in Lima, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and São Paulo examines the experiences of artists of Japanese ancestry born, raised, or living in either …

online exhibition

A Day in Liberdade: The Nihon Machi of São Paulo

holokai

I first became aware of the Japanese community in Brazil when I attended a judo event at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There I was intrigued to see …

community history

YAMA: A Nikkei Community in Brazil (Embrace the ordinary and nurture a spirit of gratitude)

sfsmithphoto

Yama Project is a documentary of a Japanese farming and arts community in Brazil known as Comunidade Yuba. The farm is located in a rural agricultural region in the western …

online exhibition

2009 Tanabata Festival

ylkawashima

What better way to connect to the community than through beautiful craft work? Surprisingly Nisei Week, the Little Tokyo Public Safety Association's Brian Kito, and the Japanese American National Museum …

community history

Tanabata at JANM 2009

ylkawashima

After witnessing the beautifully elaborate Tanabata decorations in Sao Paulo, the Discover Nikkei staff who went to Brazil in 2007 asked, Yoshihito Yonezawa, president of Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai if he …

other

makinatalia1's New Collection

makinatalia1

Okinawan Centennial Celebration

family history

Liberdade - Sao Paulo's Japantown

bokinaka

Brazil is home to 1.5 million people of Japanese descent. Sao Paulo has the largest community of Nikkei in Brazil and the heart of the community is a district called …

online exhibition

LEAVING

Ricardo_Yamamoto

At the beginning of the 20th Century, many families from Japan arrived in Brazil with the dream of prosperity in a far away land. The pursue of these dreams gave …

online exhibition

Carnaval 2008 em São Paulo, Unidos de Vila Maria

mhijb

A escola de samba Unidos de Vila Maria homenageou o Centenário da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil - a ser comemorado em junho de 2008 - em seu desfile no grupo …

other

À caminho do Brasil

mhijb

Para chegar ao Brasil os imigrantes japoneses passavam cerca de dois meses no navio.

Essa coleção é uma reunião de pequenos, mas significativos fragmentos da viagem, as imagens mostram os …

community history

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