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Japanese Brazilians living in Oizumi (Portuguese)
Antonio Shinkiti Shikota October 19, 2016
(Portuguese) Oh, an easygoing people, ya know? For sure ... The people here is [sic] …
Life in Davao, Philippines
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
Father went to Philippines, because it was only available country at that time to go …
Kindergarten in Davao, Philippines
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
I went to kindergarten in Nishi-Honganji when we were still in Davao, and the – …
Life in the Philippines
Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura July 12, 2017
The community of nearly 2,000 people – by the – the Pacific War started, I …
Becoming a member of nikkei community (Japanese)
Toshiaki Toyoshima April 16, 2016
(Japanese) I moved to America to make sushi, so I hadn’t really thought about anything …
Life upon arrival (Japanese)
Akira Takashio August 4, 2015
(Japanese) I was in my third year at college when first I came to America. …
Mochitsuki tradition
Tom Yuki March 22, 2018
Right after the war, people didn’t have any place to live. And so therefore we …
General reasons why people left Japan for Peru
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
I don’t know what the attraction of Peru was versus the United States, but I …
Great grandfather Asato was a sumo wrestler
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
He came to Peru because there was…there was competition, great competition between sumo wrestlers in …
Grandfather loved to tell her stories of her great-grandfather Arakaki
Michelle Yamashiro August 30, 2018
So he told me my grandma Arakaki’s side, that’s the grandpa that was college educated, …
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