Since I started writing, everything has been about other people: about my mom, my dad, about me indirectly, but I haven't talked about my wife, that's why I decided to write our story, how we met, our courtship, finally marriage, children. Our story is simple and common like anyone else's, …
In every home, the role of the mother is little recognized, that is where she becomes a superwoman. One says that all women are equal, but we see something exceptional in the Nikkei woman, so many words to say: strength, drive, hardworking, humility, let us believe that we men are …
TANABATA My memories as a child are of Tanabata Day. Very early, we were preparing with my father and mother to go to the “El Angel” cemetery in Lima and also to the “Presbítero Maestro” cemetery. We brought everything to clean the graves and if any repairs were needed, we …
It is difficult for me to tell this, I do not know if this scene was repeated in all Okinawan homes, my father spoke Nihongo and also Uchinaguchi (Okinawa dialect), my mother only understood something, she could not study when she was left without a mother at a very young …
A while ago, I was browsing Facebook and suddenly I see the notification of a post from a closed group about Nikkei customs and religion, specifically Shintoism. Surprising because it was a practically inactive group, it was like a desperate cry among the silence, seeking answers to the questions that …
This is my mother's story, her parents came from Okinawa, they were from Yonabaru, actually I don't know which ship she went on or what year; But, like all immigrants, they came for a dream of a better future: “to do okane ”, perhaps with the idea of doing it …
This story began when my wife and I got married, they were difficult times in Peru, most of us still went to work in Japan. It seemed that we were going to be left without Nikkei in the country . I had a clothing business in the city center. My …
I am part of a Nikkei family from Okinawan and am Sansei or third generation. I live in Peru and all family memories revolve around food. Could it be that all Okinawan families are the same? Every time you visited the obá, she was in charge of serving you, even …
Sata andagi , we could define it as fried sweet dough buns, donuts or donuts, is part of Okinawan food and for us represents the transmission from generation to generation of part of our grandparents' customs. My memory of Sata andagi comes from when I was little, in my house …
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