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Nikkei Chronicles #13—Nikkei Names 2: Grace, Graça, Graciela, Megumi?
Grandparents’ Wishes
My name is Gustavo. It’s the Spanish name that my Nisei parents gave me, but my Issei grandparents …

Gustavo Miyamoto • Nov. 22, 2024

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Discover Nikkei generations identity Japanese Peruvians names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) Sansei
Discover Nikkei generations identity Japanese Peruvians names Nikkei Chronicles (series) Nikkei Names 2 (series) Sansei
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Juan de la Fuente: Umetsu and the return to Tottori
Every search is a navigation without a specific path, a constant back and forth between stories, …

Javier García Wong-Kit • June 11, 2024

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authors Japan Japanese Peruvian Association Japanese Peruvians Juan de la Fuente Umetsu literature Peru poetry poets Tottori Prefecture writers
authors Japan Japanese Peruvian Association Japanese Peruvians Juan de la Fuente Umetsu literature Peru poetry poets Tottori Prefecture writers
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A vision, a path
Opening roads What was a dream is today a reality. The footprints well left on the paths of life a…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • May 7, 2024

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communities generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Masao Nakachi migration Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center Peruvian Japanese Polyclinic physicians Ryoichi Jinnai Recreational Center
communities generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Masao Nakachi migration Peru Peruvian Japanese Cultural Center Peruvian Japanese Polyclinic physicians Ryoichi Jinnai Recreational Center
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Carlos Yushimito: The inevitable readings of a writer
His days pass in the academic world, in Viña del Mar, a city in the interior of Chile where he lead…

Javier García Wong-Kit • April 9, 2024

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authors Carlos Yushimito del Valle Chile literature Peru poetry United States writers
authors Carlos Yushimito del Valle Chile literature Peru poetry United States writers
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Juana Miyashiro: sensei and entrepreneur
His first student was his mother, an Okinawan immigrant. When she was a high school student, Juana …

Enrique Higa Sakuda • April 1, 2024

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Chacra Cerro School education identity Juana Miyashiro Okinawans teachers teaching Uchinanchu
Chacra Cerro School education identity Juana Miyashiro Okinawans teachers teaching Uchinanchu
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Nikkei and Japanese literature in Peru opens space
At the risk of optimism being refuted with regional reading level indicators, some of the initiativ…

Javier García Wong-Kit • March 27, 2024

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authors graphic novels literature manga Peru poems writers
authors graphic novels literature manga Peru poems writers
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Aiko Yamada: Eisa to Remember Peru
Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto grew up in Lima, Peru, but her connection to traditional eisa dance of Okinaw…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Feb. 22, 2024

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Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto culture eisa (dance) folk dances Okinawa Peru Seiryu Eisa Kai Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event)
Aiko Yamada Yoshimoto culture eisa (dance) folk dances Okinawa Peru Seiryu Eisa Kai Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event)
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John Azama: The Peruvian Nikkei Who Revitalized Ryukyu Damashii, the Eisa Group of Dallas-Fort Worth
“I was a very shy child,” he confesses, preferring to be at the back of the group during sanshin pr…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Feb. 16, 2024

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bicultural identity biculturalism communities Dallas eisa (dance) folk dances generations identity Japan Japanese American communities Japanese Americans Japanese Peruvians John Azama Lima music Okinawa Okinawans Peru Ryukyu Damashii (performance group) singers Texas Uchinanchu United States Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event) Yonsei
bicultural identity biculturalism communities Dallas eisa (dance) folk dances generations identity Japan Japanese American communities Japanese Americans Japanese Peruvians John Azama Lima music Okinawa Okinawans Peru Ryukyu Damashii (performance group) singers Texas Uchinanchu United States Yeisaa nu Chimu-Don-Don (event) Yonsei
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President of the Peruvian-Japanese Association in a year for history
2024 will be a big year for the Nikkei community in Peru because it celebrates the 125th anniversar…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Feb. 12, 2024

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anniversaries immigration Japan Japanese Peruvian Association Japanese Peruvians Juan Carlos Nakasone Peru
anniversaries immigration Japan Japanese Peruvian Association Japanese Peruvians Juan Carlos Nakasone Peru
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Jishuryo: Santa Beatriz School those times of our childhood — Part 2
Read Part 1 At Jishuryo School, the afternoon classes were not as hard as the morning classes. Usu…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Jan. 31, 2024

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Lima Peru Santa Beatriz Jishuryo School schools
Lima Peru Santa Beatriz Jishuryo School schools
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