culture en ja es pt

Foujita Discovers the Americas: An Artist's Tour - Part 1

The name of Léonard Foujita (AKA Tsuguharu Foujita) has lost much of its luster today. However, in his heyday in Paris in the 1920s, Foujita …

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Escobar: the City of Flowers — The 90th anniversary of Japanese immigration (as of 2019) and rediscovery of my ancestry

Located 50 kilometers north of Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires, Escobar is known as “the city of flowers.”1 A flower festival is held in October …

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Desaparecidos Nikkei: Reappeared in the Argentinian Conscience - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>  My family went through a difficult time. It’s not like you could go to the police and ask for their help …

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Desaparecidos Nikkei: Reappeared in the Argentinian Conscience - Part 1

On the night of April 21, 1977, fourteen armed men wearing civilian clothes went to my dad’s office and took him and another lawyer. They …

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Jesus and Buddha

I was the youngest of a large family. When I was born, my parents were already old enough to be grandparents. So I grew up …

identity en ja es pt

Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

Father’s Adventures

Every afternoon my father, Tatsuzo Tomihisa, sat on the sidewalk in the doorway of our house. He observed the street in silence, but the kids …

migration en ja es pt

Encyclopedia of Nikkei Migration

Argentina - Migration Historical Overview

Argentine Nikkei history began in 1908-09 with the arrival of immigrants from Okinawa and Kagoshima—the major prefectural origins of Argentine Nikkei. The first Japanese entered …

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

My Journey to COPANI

My journey to COPANI began thirty-three years ago. I was a young pastor in San Diego, when I was invited to offer the invocation at …

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UCHINANCHU WORLDWIDE: STATE OF THE SPIRIT - A Perspective on Okinawans Worldwide and in the “Motherland” - Part 3 of 3

Read part 2 >> Playing the sanshin and singing traditional Okinawan songs were also instrumental in Uchināguchi being passed on in the immigrant communities. Even in …

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UCHINANCHU WORLDWIDE: STATE OF THE SPIRIT - A Perspective on Okinawans Worldwide and in the “Motherland” - Part 2 of 3

Read part 1 >> Thus, some Japanese viewed the first Okinawan immigrants as a nuisance. This view was especially strong in Hawai‘i, where emigrants from Japan …