Philanthropist, volunteer worker and resident of Peru, Scott Jeppesen of the charitable organisation Sonrisas en Peru, explores the fascinating history of Japanese immigration to Peru and the strong influence that Japanese culture has played on various aspects of Peruvian society.
I currently reside in Lima, the capital of Peru. Every day I am faced with some characteristic of Peruvian culture that has been derived from Japanese origins. Urged by curiosity I soon discovered the intriguing story of the Japanese Peruvians, a large ethnic immigrant group in Peru.
The Japanese Peruvians
The Japanese Peruvians are Peruvian citizens of Japanese ethnic origin. They constitute around 0.3% of Peru’s population (estimated at nearly 90,000 in 2008) which is the second largest population of people with Japanese ancestry in Latin America after Brazil.
Peru was the first Latin American country to accept Japanese immigration. Back in 1899 the first wave of 790 Japanese immigrants arrived at the Peruvian seaport Callao aboard the “Sakura Maru” from the Japanese port of Yokohama and thus spawned the Nikkei ethnicity in Latin America.
The Sakura Maru
Most notably, Japanese Peruvians were brought to the world’s attention in 1990 by the election of Alberto Fujimori, son of Japanese immigrants and the 90th president of Peru. Fujimori was the first person of Asian descent to become president of a Western country.
Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori
Tags: alberto fujimori, brazil, callao, guest post, history, internment, japan, latin america, lima, meiji restoration, nikkeijin, okinawa, pearl harbor, peru, sakura maru, world war
At any fan convention like Comic-Con, Comiket, Otakon or the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) you are bound to find at least one cosplayer gearing up in their best Pikachu outfit. A trend seems to be occurring and that is the Pikachu cosplayers seem to be getting sexier.
Previously I had compiled a collection of when cosplay goes wrong but here is a collection of 10 of the best sexy Pikachu cosplayers. I mean hasn’t Pikachu been violated enough?
Source: Jessie Nigri
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Welcome to the January 2010 edition of the Japan Blog Matsuri. The theme for this issue is “Famous Japanese People” and willing contributors were asked to tell us about their favourite Japanese celebrity, public figure or historical figure. The theme was extended to include 2D Japanese anime, manga and game characters.
This month’s edition also introduced a special twist, a matsuri cash giveaway where the submitters of the two best articles to this matsuri, as deemed by the readers, will be awarded a donation of ¥5,000 each (roughly US$50) paid via PayPal.
For now, sit back and relax as I present to you seventeen fantastic submissions to this month’s Japan Blog Matsuri. Don’t forget to soc (vote) for your favourite submissions.
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