Masaki Tamashio was born in Okinawa. In the summer of his 3rd year in college, he took his first vacation abroad in Argentina, where a relative lived. He returned for a visit upon graduation, and stumbled upon a job as a Japanese teacher by chance. Currently he works as the Vice-principal of the Japanese class at Centro Nikkei Argentino. (2006)
Masaki Tamashiro
Okinawan. Vice Principal of Japanese language school in Buenos Aires
Becoming a Japanese teacher in Argentina (Japanese)
Hopes for his students (Japanese)
The interest toward Japan held by Argentine youth (Japanese)
As a Japanese instructor (Japanese)
Thinking about his parents in Japan (Japanese)
His future in Argentina (Japanese)
On his grandfather (Japanese)
A personality fit for Argentina (Japanese)
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