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2014/04/27

’Kaki（oyster/persimmon in Japanese)’ in Brazil

Sara America, Brazil, Multilingualization, Outside Japan, Uncategorized Brazil, Food, History of Japanese Ancestry, Japanese Food, Loanword, Nikkei, Oceans treasures, portuguese 0

I live in the south of Brazil, in a small island connected to South America by a bridge. The majority of the people who live there are immigrants from Germany or Italy, so there aren’t many Nikkei people there. There is a big lake in the island where oyster culture is done frequently. It is said to be the first place to start oyster culture in Brazil. The main food in Brazil is meat, but being a Japanese person, I miss eating fish. If you go to the market you can find fresh sea food, and in most Japanese restaurants serve sushi and sashimi. Although Brazil is a large country, […]

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2014/03/07

The biggest library of Japanese books in South America

Pepe America, Brazil, Multilingualization, Outside Japan, Uncategorized Brazil, Comics, Experiencing new cultures, Japanese, Japanese books, Languages, Library, Media, Multicultural, Multiculturalism, Sub-culture, Young culture 0

There is a library with the biggest collection of books written in Japanese in all South America. Here, in Colonia Pinhal, you can find the library with the biggest collection of Japanese books in South America. As you enter the library, you can see the section of “Young Adults”. There are more than 70 thousand books neatly placed in bookshelves. And the books that aren’t organized…more than one can count. There are all second-hand books in Japanese. From children’s books and comics, novels and magazines, even illustrated encyclopaedias and historical documents. Most of the books are comics, some people call the Japanese book section “the manga section”. They have classic […]

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