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@Toshimin
Born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, he worked in the Brazilian state of Amazonas as a JICA Senior Volunteer for Japanese Communities from 2010 to 2013. He currently works as a Japanese language instructor at Hamamatsu Japanese Language Institute and JICE (Japan International Center), as well as a personality on the Hamamatsu FM radio program "AMIZADE HAMAMATSU" and as an arena DJ for the professional basketball teams Hama Ants and Higashi Mikawa Phoenix.
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Japanese society in the Amazon jungle
Takataku 80th Anniversary Ceremony
August 12, 2010. "Since you've come all the way from Japan, you should first check out Villa Amazon…
April 12, 2017
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Japanese in Parintins – Part 2
Read Part 1 >> One of my activities in Brazil with JICA was to make a round trip to Japanese langua…
July 14, 2016
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Japanese in Parintins - Part 1
There are many strange festivals around the world, but there is one in the Amazon jungle that is un…
July 13, 2016
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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…
Feb. 17, 2016
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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…
Jan. 13, 2016
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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…
Nov. 11, 2015
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The unique students of Japanese language schools
I was dispatched as a senior Japanese language education volunteer to the Western Amazon Japan-Braz…
Sept. 28, 2015
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Japanese language classes in Manaus
After completing our pre-training in Japan, which began in March 2010, we Japanese community volunt…
Aug. 24, 2015
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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…
June 23, 2015
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