Japanese community in Colonia Urquiza, Partido de La Plata
This series is about the Nikkei community settled in Colonia Urquiza, in La Plata - Argentina, since the sixties, with the arrival of the first immigrants, their activities in agriculture, the practice and dissemination of their ancestral culture and its projection on Argentine society.
Stories from this series
Part XIII: Study of Japanese Immigrants, Fujita Family — Part 2
July 17, 2015 • Irene Isabel Cafiero
Author's note: The poem transcribed below is a tribute by Noriko Fujita to her mother, and it recounts the hardships and difficulties that a girl, teenager, woman and mother had to overcome. OKAASAN I listened to her when our mother recounted her humble and simple childhood. their little pranks with their shared siblings. The rigidity of his father, the understanding and complicity of his mother, I heard her telling about her friends, about school, about the secretly bought sweets. Of …
Part XIII: Study of Japanese Immigrants, Fujita Family” — Part 1
July 3, 2015 • Irene Isabel Cafiero
History is built every day. We can learn about the history of a country through the lives of its inhabitants, so history is traversed longitudinally and transversally when we analyze the case studies. In this article, we try to visualize the dynamics of an immigrant family and recover the historical richness of those interviewed, using the tools of oral history, where the interview and the compilation of life stories are vehicles of historical knowledge. 1 Oral history opens the doors …
Part XII: Family stories, Takeuchi Family, case study
May 29, 2015 • Irene Isabel Cafiero
Noriko Takeuchi, currently Odori Sensei in Colonia Urquiza, prepares the girls and adolescents of the La Plata Japanese School for events, including Bon Odori, New Year's celebrations, Grandparents' Day, etc. She is highly valued in the local and provincial community for her collaboration in different exhibitions or presentations, but also for having been a member years ago of the ladies' commission of the La Plata Japanese Association (AJLP). She is very respected, her words are widely heard in the ladies' …
Part XI: Study of an immigrant family, the Tsuru Family — Part 2
May 15, 2015 • Irene Isabel Cafiero
Read part XI (Part 1) >> Mr. Tsuru in Argentina Tsurusan helped the community in countless activities; For example, being part of the commission of the Japanese La Plata Association, he helped found the language school, where it currently operates. He held several positions, of the La Plata Japanese Association he was president, secretary four times and was a member of the electricity commission as secretary. He was also president of Fukuoka Kenjinkai for several years (1994-1999). He participated in …
Part XI: Study of an immigrant family, the Tsuru Family — Part 1
May 1, 2015 • Irene Isabel Cafiero
The Tsuru family in Japan This story is based on an interview with Mr. Tsuru, about his family in Japan and Argentina. He began by telling us that the surname Tsuru is more than a millennium old, but that the records date back to the time of the samurai (10th century), when the surname began to be used. But, it was only during the period of Emperor Meiji that the respective proclamation was raised that socially convulsed the empire. Until …
Part X: XVI Bon Odori 2015 ~ Part 2
March 20, 2015 • Irene Isabel Cafiero
Read Part X (Part 1) >> The day after the event the following note appeared in newsprint that will be read below: El Día Newspaper: “CROWD AT THE BON ODORI” Japanese dance came to the stage in La Plata (in: www.eldia.com or printed edition Nº313 of the year CXXXI page 32, back cover) Thousands of people participated last night in the traditional oriental festival that was reissued on a property in Colonia Urquiza. Once again, the traditional Japanese dance festival …
