Born in Brazil, Victor Keith Miamura is a yonsei and, at the age of two, he went to live in Japan with his parents, in the late 1980s. He grew up in Aichi, in the city of Toyokawa. “At that time I had to have appendix surgery. Then, to pay …
Japan and the rest of the world are preparing for the highly anticipated 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “Tokyo Gorin Ondo 2020”, the new version of the official song of the Tokyo Olympic Games, was released in early August and is performed by singers Sayuri Ishikawa, Yuzo Kayama and Pistol Takehara. …
Daniel Sato, 35 years old, Sansei, has a very common story among Brazilian Nikkei . He took a graphic design course for six months “because of dreams that our family put in our heads that working with computing would make us rich”. He also worked as a web designer, which …
In the Liberdade neighborhood, in São Paulo, there is a very rich collection involving people of Japanese descent that is available to the public, from books with academic research to a box full of waribashi (restaurant chopsticks ). This collection belongs to an institution that was created by some Japanese …
My mother's family settled in the city that is now Álvares Machado, in the west of São Paulo. He bought land in the region and ended up giving part of the land to the construction of a school and the Japanese cemetery. Members of the Ogassawara family are buried at …
He discovered martial arts through his father who practiced judo and began training at the age of 10. He earned his black belt diploma in Brazil and had the incredible opportunity and experience of training, seminars and internships in Okinawa, where he received his teaching certificate from the Okinawa Association. …
At a time when history presented a favorable scenario, the growth of the city of São Paulo and the consequent change in the routine of São Paulo residents, the Cooperativa Agrícola de Cotia (CAC) emerged. One of the largest Brazilian cooperatives, CAC contributed to the cultivation of potatoes, soybeans, grapes, …
I stopped to think and compare the generations of my grandparents, my parents and mine and my sisters. In addition to the age difference, there are also cultural differences and adaptation to Japanese traditions. And all of this makes each generation very different from each other. Life and coexistence To …
Registro, a city in the interior of São Paulo that plays an important role in the culture and history of Japanese immigrants in Brazil, was once known as the capital of black tea in the 1960s. Now, the city sees the old tradition resurfacing. Obaatian, the resurgence of tea Swan …
Peculiar and interesting is the Yuba Community, in the city of Mirandópolis, in São Paulo. There are many stories to tell from those who lived there. One of them is from a family that emerged from the community. “The best school of my life” Silvia Sasaoka, 57 years old, from …
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