Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato

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Sansei whose paternal and maternal grandparents were from the town of Yonabaru, Okinawa. She now works as a freelance translator (English/Spanish) and blogger at Jiritsu, where she shares personal stories and research on Japanese immigration to Peru and related topics.

Updated December 2017

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Ginyu Igei, la vida de un sensei en Perú que inspira una obra de teatro en Okinawa

By Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato
28 Oct 2019

Ginyu Igei, el sensei y patriarca de la colectividad nikkei en el Perú, tiene una historia de vida que contar y será este 4 de noviembre de 2019. En su tierra natal, Okinawa, se estrenará la obra de teatro Ginyu Igei Monogatari (La Historia de Ginyu Igei), que retratará la vida de Ginyu en el Perú. Quienes están detrás de esta iniciativa son 3 japoneses: Akihito Arai, Tomoya Ogoshi y Daiichi Hirata, quienes cumplen los roles de director y guionista, manager artístico y supervisor para este proyecto. Por primera vez, Akihito Arai y T…

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"My oba, the greatest inspiration!"

By Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato
16 Oct 2019

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. My oba was 92 when she died and I was 9. The difference in our ages was more than 80 years! I think that gave my oba a certain “halo” of mystery. She never told me the story of her life. She rarely spoke spontaneously; just four or five words at a time and I’ve been storing them in my memory. Actually, her Spanish wasn't much help. When I was 30 years …

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Nikkei Chronicles #8—Nikkei Heroes: Trailblazers, Role Models, and Inspirations

Elena Yoshida de Kohatsu: una heroína entre héroes

By Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato
2 Aug 2019

“Por sus obras, la conocerás”. Y por sus virtudes, creo que hasta podemos llegar a admirar a una persona. Realmente, me quedé sorprendida cuando conocí a Elena Yoshida de Kohatsu, la única mujer que ha dirigido a casi todas las instituciones de la colectividad peruano-nikkei, como la Asociación Peruano Japonesa. Pero nunca la he conocido en persona; sino que eso pasó cuando leía libros, escuchaba testimonios y recuerdos y veía las placas conmemorativas que perennizan su memoria. Incluso, la biblioteca que custodia la histo…

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La Inca Kola de Isaac Lindley: un apoyo que nunca se olvida

By Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato, Asociación Peruano Japonesa
30 Jan 2019

“Kola dorada”, “de sabor nacional” y que “con todo combina”, así es Inca Kola. Nació el 18 de enero de 1935, cuando Lima (Perú) celebraba su cuatricentenario y desde entonces cautiva a peruanos y extranjeros. La historia comienza con Joseph Robinson Lindley, inmigrante inglés que abrió en el Rímac su fábrica de aguas gaseosas “La Santa Rosa” en 1910. Para 1945, su hijo menor Isaac asume la gerencia y con él nace la amistad con la comunidad japonesa del Perú. MEDIDAS ANTIJAPONESAS EN…

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Sentei Yaki, una vida dedicada a ayudar a los demás

By Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato, Asociación Peruano Japonesa
29 Jun 2018

Hachizo Nakamura, un inmigrante japonés fallecido a los 80 años, nunca olvidó la ayuda que recibió de Sentei Yaki. Desde que lo conoció, acostumbraba celebrar dos cumpleaños: uno por su nacimiento y otro por su renacimiento, que era la fecha en que recibió la ayuda de Yaki. “Sin la ayuda oportuna de él, hace tiempo hubiera muerto”, decía. Este testimonio nos recuerda cómo era Sentei Yaki, un destacado hombre de negocios, dirigente y filántropo okinawense. Creador de la primera asociación japones…

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