Nisei on his father’s side and Sansei on his mother’s, Tadashi Gabriel Nishihira Katsuren, 31, traces his roots to the Okinawa Prefecture and is the owner of a soba restaurant that is commonly found in that part of the world. He has played taiko since his adolescence, thus totaling 16 …
My story in the Nikkei community began in 2008, exactly in the year in which the Centenary of Japanese Immigration to Brazil was celebrated – which I consider late, as I was about to finish journalism school. Over the next two years, I underwent a transformative cultural immersion that became …
Is your name compound? You can spell it? Do you only have a last name? These are some of the questions I've heard about my name that, over the years, have left me intrigued. Now comes the time when I come to make observations about Brazilian Nikkei names, with their …
On the paternal side, his great-grandfather’s parents came from the Hokkaido Prefecture and his great-grandmother’s from Gunma. On his mother’s side, his great-grandfather’s parents were from Miyagi and his great-grandmother’s from Yamaguchi and Hiroshima. These are the family origins of the 25-year-old Yonsei Douglas Mitsuyuki Ito, who holds a degree …
Read Part 1 >>Bunka Matsuri—Bunkyo’s Japanese Culture Festival“The following year, I was invited to join the communications team at Bunka Matsuri to promote the movie Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. For me, it was a great challenge,” she acknowledges, “because until then I hadn’t been part of any commission that had such …
Her father’s family is from Nishihara, Okinawa; her mother’s is from Hokkaido, Japan. Her grandparents were very engaged in cultural activities and following in their footsteps is their granddaughter, Graziela Tamanaha, a 26-year-old Sansei. Boasting an impressive 7-year trajectory in the Japanese-Brazilian community, she started out by attending the main …
Two yonsei who studied together and maintained their friendship, even with one of them changing schools in high school. One is the daughter of a Japanese mother and a mixed-race father (Japanese grandmother). The other is the daughter of a mixed-race mother (Japanese grandfather) and a non-descendant father. And a …
Since childhood, I have made friends of both different and oriental ancestries – not only Japanese, but also Chinese and Korean descendants. Today I wonder if what brought us together was the fact that our cultures of origin were similar or if our unconscious made us feel more comfortable with …
Anyone who passes by Rua Estela, in the Paraíso neighborhood, in São Paulo, might not imagine that a house with a green facade holds 26 years of history. Located at number 257, the property gives life to Kaeru Foods, a small business opened by the Nisei couple Masao and Ana …
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