My name is Hirari. Is it a nice and unusual name? Everyone says so. Why Hirari? My mother chose it for me. My Japanese-Brazilian mother went to Japan to work right after graduating from high school. She really wanted to go to college, so she planned to work in Japan …
Read the first part >> After finishing overtime work, Kei returned home. When he opened his mailbox, it was full of flyers. "I wish I could read Japanese," he thought as he looked through them one by one, and then he found a letter. I hurried into the house, turned …
I was deeply moved when I read the story of Mia Nakaji Monier, which was published in Discover Nikkei on September 21. As soon as I read that Mia had found a Japanese fabric store, attended sewing classes there with her mother, and made various things together, I felt a …
When the alarm clock rang, Yurika woke up immediately. Every morning, she was already awake before the alarm went off. And for the past month, whenever she woke up, she thought, "Today is the day I'm going to write a letter." However, she still hasn't been able to write a …
Read the first part >> "I've decided to go to Japan!" Toshiaki announced as he returned from running some errands in a nearby town. Everyone was surprised by the sudden news. "If you were so keen, why didn't you come with me? That was the time when things were going …
Toshiaki was a shy child. He would not join in with the kids in the neighborhood who were flying kites or playing with balls in the fields. Instead, he would stay at home and help his grandfather make bamboo crafts. When he was in the third year of junior high …
November 12 , 2011 Dear Dialho, Nice to meet you. I'm Marina. This diary written by Jessica was very interesting, so I read the whole thing. And while I was reading it, I realized that this is what Brazil is like. Jessica and I were always together at the Brazilian …
As the end of the year approaches, the East Asian quarter of São Paolo is lively. Signs in the shop windows of Japanese food supply stores say, “Now taking reservations for mochi and offerings.”
Read Part 4 >> July 30, 2011 My dear Diario. I'm back! I had a lot of fun during the winter vacation I spent in Sao Paulo, but two days before I returned here, I found out about Marina-chan and I was really worried. She was with me at a …
Read Part 3 >> March 4, 2011 Bachan's sister is in the hospital, so he's in Campo Grande. So I'm staying with my Auntie Niall for a while. I have three cousins, and the youngest one, Noah, is so cute. He's 2 years old. Compared to when I was in …
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