Our memories are filled with sad and happy landscapes that speak to each other. I asked some Nikkei to share their childhood memories, Christmas holiday customs, and family traditions. Members of the “Road to Happiness” painting workshop, a program of the Ryoichi Jinnai Recreational Center for the Elderly which is …
A bottle can contain an ancient tradition to take to any corner of the planet. Sake, the emblematic Japanese drink (in fact, its name means that: alcoholic drink, a generic that will later show its variants), has traveled the world captivating those who have discovered something unexpected in it. Neither …
“A bonsai is an artistic replica of a miniature tree.” The definition is not in a gardening or Japanese culture book, but in the novel “Bonsai”, by the Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra, a story of love and obsession with writing, which was also his first foray into the narrative of …
His full name is Carlos Chinen Kanashiro. Made in Peru, by Nikkei parents, model 1956, architect by profession. This is his story to put together, from his beginnings in the career that has led him to design several supermarkets and shopping centers in Lima and other regions of the country, …
The work of the Peruvian writer Carlos Yushimito Valle (Lima, 1977) is as peculiar as it is captivating and thoughtful, full of strange characters, fantastic stories and situations in which a narrative style comes to light that has elevated him since his early years, when his Stories began to appear …
He has just turned 65 and is so young and active that it could be said that this is one of his best times. The newspaper Perú Shimpo celebrated its anniversary on July 1 without any fuss, doing what its staff likes most: serious journalism about Nikkei current affairs, the …
All art is made of life, but not all life is made of art. The Peruvian Carlos Runcie Tanaka 1 (Lima, 1958) has managed to assemble in a single piece the real and the imagined, the human and the divine, the body and the spirit, in a work that began …
His most recurring biography says that he is a classically trained violinist, that he began his studies at the age of five and that he has released two albums as a soloist (“YUYU” in 2007 and “koPpu” in 2011), but to better understand the work he The Peruvian Pauchi Sasaki …
There are many great masters of Peruvian cuisine: Teresa Izquierdo, Javier Wong, Adolfo Perret, Gloria Hinostroza, Blanca Chávez and Héctor Solís are some names, among which there are two of Japanese origin, which cannot be missed: Humberto Sato and Toshiro Konishi . With more than 50 years dedicated to this …
30 years after her death, three artist friends of the Peruvian painter Tilsa Tsuchiya share their memories, full of endearing moments that reveal the character and sensitivity of an inspiring woman who was as selfless as she was passionate. To talk about the work of Tilsa Tsuchiya (Supe, Barranca-Perú 1928) …
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