“It is never too late to investigate the roots. Not to live from the longing for the past, but to understand how that past speaks to us about our present,” says Mexican anthropologist Dahil Melgar. It is never too late, even if 100 years have passed. Dahil demonstrates this in …
Everyone knows about Machu Picchu. But what few people know, even in Peru’s Nikkei community, is that the Inca citadel and Japanese immigration to Peru are connected by one person. His name: Yokichi Nouchi.
In 1956, at the age of 56, Seitoku Shimabukuro, overwhelmed by debt, decided to migrate to the Peruvian Amazon to save himself from shipwreck. The once successful businessman, owner of a school, one of the most influential people in the Japanese colony in Callao (Lima), goes into the jungle for …
—“Grandpa”, why is our face different from that of other Argentines? —Gus, we are Japanese... —Are we Japanese despite living in Argentina? -Yes of course. When I was 17 years old we took a boat with my grandmother and for three months we sailed until we reached Argentina. The boy …
In May, the Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center (CCPJ) celebrated its 50th anniversary. In a few months, the Peruvian Japanese Association (APJ) will commemorate 100 years of existence. A singular coincidence that makes 2017 a significant year for the Nikkei community in Peru. While the APJ is the governing institution of …
Beto Shiroma shakes his hand tightly. He seems to be full of energy, as if the day had just begun, although night has almost fallen when the interview takes place and he has easily had a hectic day, like every time he arrives in Peru. It's paradoxical: he has a …
2017 is a very special year for the plastic artist Haroldo Higa. With almost 25 years of career, in July, in the city of Arequipa, an exhibition with a selection of his works opens, while in November an exhibition in Lima will exhibit his new works. Furthermore, in May, the …
We are three or four Nikkei in the class. The history teacher asks us if we have any relatives who were deported to the United States during World War II. In another room, a boy of Japanese origin had told of his grandfather's escape through the roof of his house …
Graffiti is his habitat. Your place in the world. The space where you unleash your creativity, share and deepen friendships. Gianmarco Higuchi discovered his calling at an early age. He listened to rap, drew and was attracted to colors, but he was missing the final link, the decisive step: painting …
Often, talking to older people about their lives involves going into the past, taking refuge in a space that seems to be their habitat. As if everything worth biographing, all the exciting things, had happened in his childhood and youth (and perhaps in middle age), the present is minimized in …
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