Who inspires me to be better? I think my oba does. Although I still don’t know how she overcame so many challenges, became successful, and helped others. And just like a heroine, she never expected anything in return.
“By her works you will know her.” And because of their virtues, I think we can even come to admire a person. I was really surprised when I met Elena Yoshida from Kohatsu, the only woman who has directed almost all the institutions of the Peruvian-Nikkei community, such as the …
“Golden Kola”, “with a national flavor” and that “combines with everything”, this is Inca Kola. He was born on January 18, 1935, when Lima (Peru) celebrated its quadricentennial and since then it has captivated Peruvians and foreigners. The story begins with Joseph Robinson Lindley, an English immigrant who opened his …
Hachizo Nakamura, a Japanese immigrant who died at the age of 80, never forgot the help he received from Sentei Yaki. Since she met him, she used to celebrate two birthdays: one for her birth and another for her rebirth, which was the date on which she received Yaki's help. …
Although it has a short name, it has a lot to tell. Mary Higa sums up her life with this phrase: “I always look forward.” 5 years ago, with a lot of effort, he opened his gift shop in the Lima district of San Miguel. Currently, Mary participates in all …
Lima Nikko was the first official Japanese school in Peru and Latin America founded in 1920. In total, 21 classes have graduated from its classrooms, completing primary education under Japanese principles and values. Although it closed 76 years ago due to the Second World War, its memory is still valid. …
“Eat it all, mottainai to throw it away.” Although two years have passed, I still miss my mother. “If you run out of ajinomoto, use shoyu (soy sauce) with sugar.” I still remember so many pieces of advice she gave me! “If you cook with tanchi, the food tastes bad.” …
A regular Nikkei crowd filled the dance halls every week. Witness to this are the Majestic Hall, the Kaseijo Gakko by Sáenz Peña in La Victoria or the Chinese Beneficence. Every week there were parties in the Japanese colony in Lima. To give greater excitement, the place was decorated according …
I spent almost all of my childhood with my grandmother. Her customs, which were of course very Japanese, were reflected in her daily life. She didn't celebrate Christmas, but she did celebrate Oshogatsu (New Year in Japanese).
Journalism in the Peruvian-Japanese community is almost as old as the history of Japanese immigrants itself. The need to be informed in their own language prompted the appearance in 1909, ten years after the beginning of Japanese immigration to Peru, of Nipponjin (The Japanese), the first Japanese news program in …
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