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When Tokio Ramen restaurant opened in 2011, Japanese noodle soup was unknown in Peru. Today, eleven…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Aug. 22, 2022

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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column

Burst

This month, again with the help of my partner's mother (a Nikkei artist born and raised in Peru…

José Natsuhara +1 • Aug. 18, 2022

Jose Nakatsuhara literature Peru poetry

Fernando Iwasaki: a historian anchored in literature

Anchored more than 25 years ago in a town in Seville, the Peruvian writer Fernando Iwasaki (Lima, …

Javier García Wong-Kit • Aug. 10, 2022

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The blue of the sky

Whenever the sky surprises me with its blue tone, it fills me with nostalgia. Color envy produces …

Luis Iguchi Iguchi • Aug. 8, 2022

Jauja memory Peru

Olympic History and Achievements: Nikkei Athletes from the Americas

In Peru, Nikkei contributions to art and gastronomy are what usually attract the most attention, an…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • July 25, 2022

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Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community

Leonardo Oyakawa: cooking his way

When he lived in Lima, no arrow or sign indicated to him that the path to his professional future w…

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 13, 2022

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Alberto Izu: the human encyclopedia

There are friendships that, when talking, one tends to see in them a kind of “Human Encyclopedia.” …

Luis Iguchi Iguchi • July 6, 2022

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Julieta Fonte Iha, a Cuban Nikkei

Modernity shortens distances, information is just a click away, we can strengthen bonds of friendsh…

Roberto Oshiro Teruya • July 4, 2022

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The first Nisei and Okinawa

I write this article in memory and recognition of all the Nisei who had to travel from a very young…

Fernando Nakasone Nozoe • June 29, 2022

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83 memories from La Victoria school

When the Second World War ended in 1945, the community of Japanese origin in Peru was headless, adr…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • June 20, 2022

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Ramen and its pioneer in Peru, 11 years later