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Escobar: the City of Flowers — The 90th anniversary of Japanese immigration (as of 2019) and rediscovery of my ancestry
Located 50 kilometers north of Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires, Escobar is known as “the cit…

Alberto J. Matsumoto • Nov. 25, 2020


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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata
Part XIII: Study of Japanese Immigrants, Fujita Family — Part 2
Author's note: The poem transcribed below is a tribute by Noriko Fujita to her mother, and it recou…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • July 17, 2015


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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata
Part XIII: Study of Japanese Immigrants, Fujita Family” — Part 1
History is built every day. We can learn about the history of a country through the lives of its in…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • July 3, 2015


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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata
Part XII: Family stories, Takeuchi Family, case study
Noriko Takeuchi, currently Odori Sensei in Colonia Urquiza, prepares the girls and adolescents of t…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • May 29, 2015


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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata
Part XI: Study of an immigrant family, the Tsuru Family — Part 2
Read part XI (Part 1) >> Mr. Tsuru in Argentina Tsurusan helped the community in countless activiti…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • May 15, 2015


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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata
Part XI: Study of an immigrant family, the Tsuru Family — Part 1
The Tsuru family in Japan This story is based on an interview with Mr. Tsuru, about his family in J…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • May 1, 2015


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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata
Part X: XVI Bon Odori 2015 ~ Part 2
Read Part X (Part 1) >> The day after the event the following note appeared in newsprint that will …

Irene Isabel Cafiero • March 20, 2015


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Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata
Part X: XVI Bon Odori 2015 ~ Part 1
This is a report that aims to comment on part of the repercussions of Bon Odori, which took place o…

Irene Isabel Cafiero • March 13, 2015


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