Japanese culture is present in Peru in an evident and unmistakable way, especially when it is exhibited in formats with all the Japanese iconography or when it is carried out by the Nikkei community and its cultural dissemination spaces. For this reason, origami is a 'rara avis', a manual and …
The prefecture of Kagoshima is located in the south of Japan, a group of islands from where more than 110 years ago a group of Japanese left for Peru, without imagining that in those distant lands they would find a new homeland for their descendants, a place so different but …
The relationship between Peru and Japan, historical, cultural and fraternal, is full of exemplary cases in which the exchange and modification of traditional practices occur that end up being practiced, adopted and reinvented on the other side of the world. This is the case of haiku and Peruvian writers, scholars …
Practical, delicious and with varied flavors. This is how the charm of onigiri could be summarized, this traditional rice ball with different fillings that is “fast food” in Japan and that in recent years has been becoming more frequent on the menu and vocabulary of Peruvians. Although it is in …
Nikkei cuisine in Peru has a long history with a series of topics that have given an identity to the majority of culinary initiatives present in the capital. Since the years of immigration, in the 1920s, when some Japanese opened businesses such as grocery stores, cafes and inns, their cultural …
Memory is everywhere, in the drawer of a family piece of furniture, in a portrait and even in the imagination. When Giancarlo Shibayama's grandfather, Sakae, passed away, his relatives performed a very peculiar ritual. They opened the photo albums and tore out the ones in which someone appeared with the …
The cult of Japanese comics, or manga , in Peru has spread so much in recent years that we could well be facing the second element of Japanese identity that spreads in this country after gastronomy. Although the majority of its followers are not of Japanese descent, through groups such …
On the occasion of the National Censuses that were carried out in Peru in October 2017, a group of Nikkei from different professions created a space for reflection with the “I am Nikkei Peru” campaign, which took advantage of social networks, the media and different spaces to sensitize the Peruvian-Japanese …
Art can be understood in many ways. A form of expression, a view of the world, a spiritual inspiration. Nowadays, it can also fit the definition of a means of creative work. Graphic design is perhaps the best way to understand how many art fans have found a specialty to …
Racing driver and support manager at Komatsu Mitsui in Lima, Carolina Shimabukuro Goto's life is a test of skill in mechanics, speed on the wheel and knowing how to avoid the prejudices that are put in front of her. Since she was a child, she liked to play with cars …
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