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Vegetables brought by Japanese immigrants, part 2

Read Part 1 >> "It was probably from 1960 to 1964. My father and my brothers were selling vegetable…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Feb. 17, 2016

Amazon River Region Brazil food immigration Manaus Peru vegetables

Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Vegetables brought by Japanese immigrants, part 1

There is a tourist spot called Teatro Amazonas in the Centro (downtown) of Manaus. It is an impress…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Jan. 13, 2016

Amazon River Region Brazil food immigration Manaus Peru vegetables

Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Regular Japanese events held in Manaus

One day, while I was working in the Japan-Brazil office, I was approached by Mr. Kawada, a living e…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Nov. 11, 2015

Amazon River Region bon dance Brazil Buddhism dance festivals Girl's Day Manaus matsuri Obon Peru religions sports undokai

Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

The unique students of Japanese language schools

I was dispatched as a senior Japanese language education volunteer to the Western Amazon Japan-Braz…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Sept. 28, 2015

Brazil communities Japanese-Brazilian Association of the Western Amazon Japanese language schools languages language schools Manaus Nippaku (organization)

Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Japanese language classes in Manaus

After completing our pre-training in Japan, which began in March 2010, we Japanese community volunt…

Toshimi Tsuruta • Aug. 24, 2015

Brazil British Columbia Burnaby Canada Japanese language schools language schools Manaus Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre volunteerism

Japanese society in the Amazon jungle

Visit the tropical city of Manaus

"It happened! It happened! It really happened!" It was May 2010 and I was at the JICA Yokohama Migr…

Toshimi Tsuruta • June 23, 2015

Amazon River Region Brazil British Columbia Burnaby Canada Manaus Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Peru volunteerism

Koutakuseis: a historic 80th birthday celebration - Part 2 of 2

Read part 1 >> The 80th Anniversary celebrations The celebrations were organized by the following e…

Célia Abe Oi • Jan. 12, 2012

Amazon River Region Brazil Manaus Peru

Koutakuseis: a historic 80th birthday celebration - Part 1 of 2

The law promulgated on October 20, 2011, by the Assembly of the State of Amazonas, was historic: th…

Célia Abe Oi • Jan. 5, 2012

Amazon River Region Brazil Manaus Peru

An L.A. Sansei's Misadventures in South America

What's on the Bottom of My Soup Bowl?

During one of my first visits to the city of Manaus in the early 1990s, I was hosted by a Japanese …

John Katagi • April 12, 2010

Brazil Manaus South America travel

Dedicated to improving the lives of the Amazon River people: Japanese people taking on social inequality

The 2nd Land Island ManiColle

>> 1st Remote areas are semi-self-sufficient After an hour's flight on an 18-seater propeller plane…

Masayuki Fukasawa • Jan. 22, 2009

Amazon River Region Brazil Manaus Peru

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