On April 3, 1959, the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of Japanese immigrants to Peru was commemorated at La Unión Stadium. Six people who arrived on the first ship, the Sakura Maru, were present at the event. Among them: Kojiro Ito (native of Niigata prefecture), Kumazo …
Like every year, this 2018 the José Gálvez Egúsquiza school, the oldest in the Peruvian-Japanese community, celebrated its traditional undokai . This year, however, had a special meaning because in parallel a small ceremony was held in which the photographs of the Japanese immigrants who served as president of the …
The Okinawan immigrant Sentei Yaki introduced tanomoshi to Peru. He helped many Japanese fleeing abuse on the estates by offering them shelter, ensuring their health, and finding them jobs. Furthermore, he was one of the main architects of Nikkei institutions. He was deported to the United States during World War …
Wendy Kohatsu has been making odori since she was little. Influenced by her family, from her Japanese great-grandparents to her uncles, Okinawan music and dance have always been part of the everyday landscape of her life. He has grown with them like someone who grows with a family, a relationship …
When he turned 72 in 2013, Samuel Matsuda Nishimura published a book titled Thank You, Thank You Very Much . It was an autobiographical work in which he remembered his childhood, his parents and siblings, talked about his wife and children, and which he punctuated with jokes. The title was …
“We asked ourselves, how is this possible? There won’t be any Nisei at the Tokyo Olympics?”
If we had to find a word to refer to Daniel Tagata Asano, one that encompasses him, that constitutes a hallmark, it would be scout. He has been one since he was 11 years old and since then his life has revolved around this movement. Before he was one of …
Read part 1 >> A CONFLICT RESOLVED IN OLD AGE When Venancio Shinki was a child, being of Japanese descent could be cause for ridicule, insults, or aggression. He suffered them and had a hard time assuming his identity. Titi: I remember that my dad said that he had all …
A little over a year ago, the painter Venancio Shinki Huamán, one of the great names of Peruvian art, left us. His children Hugo, Titi and Iván remember the father who always wanted them to maintain contact with his Japanese roots, the Nisei who for much of his life dragged …
At school, Daniel Saucedo Segami noticed that there were things that differentiated him from his classmates. Certain words, for example. “I once said 'bakatare' (fool) to a friend who had done something wrong. He looked at me and said 'what is that?'” Or I talked to them about butsudan and …
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