“I was a very shy child,” he confesses, preferring to be at the back of the group during sanshin presentations. That’s how John remembers his beginnings as an artist in Peru. The son of Yochan Azama, a well-known Nikkei singer in Peru, he has innate musical talent.
“What is Nikkei cuisine?” seems like a simple question, but beneath it is a complex definition that is even hard for Nikkei themselve to describe.
Choko Tsukayama is 78 years old and has extensive experience in Nikkei cuisine, the kind that was born in inns and family businesses and that he learned by watching. YouTubers have made their stuffed potato viral and several restaurants in Lima serve their soba and ramen noodles. And if we …
Mr. Jorge Otsu Maradiegue is the father of Dr. George Otsu, who has recently been appointed Director of the Criminological Policy Directorate of the General Directorate of Criminological Affairs of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. As behind every great son, there is a great father, Don Jorge's story …
“I think I inherited my grandfather's rebellious streak. His family made fun of him, because he wanted to be a broadcaster. He told me that he escaped from the farm on a bicycle, to go to Lima and see transistors, electronics courses, etc., even though they told him 'why are …
Tetsuya Hirahara is a diexistist and a hobbyist researcher. Since he first picked up a Cuzco station 44 years ago from Japan, Hirahara delved deeper into Latin American radio stations and in the midst of the Internet era, he discovered that Japanese radio programs existed in Latin America. Thus, he …
With the agrarian reform (1969-1979), 9,065,772 haciendas and 15,826 farms in Peru were expropriated and thousands of peasants became owners of the land they worked. This marked the decline of the large estates and large estates, which survive as best they can today in the face of the passage of …
Until May 10, Peru will remain in quarantine. I was anxiously waiting for it to end on April 26 as scheduled, but the virus is still on the streets. As soon as this confinement ends, the first thing I'm going to do is go to the shopping center, eat in …
Ángela Janet Teruya Rondón is a Nikkei Peruvian, who on her paternal side has Okinawan roots (Chatan-Cho). He came to Japan 11 years ago and currently lives in Shizuoka. For a year, Angie has been recording videos for YouTube about her daily life in Japan. But it was her medical …
Ginyu Igei, the sensei and patriarch of the Nikkei community in Peru, has a life story to tell and it will be this November 4, 2019. In his homeland, Okinawa, the play Ginyu Igei Monogatari (The Story) will premiere by Ginyu Igei) , which will portray Ginyu's life in Peru. …
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