My cousin, Luciana Hikari Kuamoto has won the title of Miss Nikkei RS 2008. Miss Nikkei beauty contest was held in Porto Alegre. I am really proud of my 20 year old cousin. She is not just beautiful but a very sweet and smart lady.
Also, various festivities and events celebrating 100 years of Japanese immigration in Brazil were taking place in different parts of the country throughout the year. The week around June 18, the date when the Kasato Maru docked at the port of Santos in 1908, packs up some of the year's highlights.
On June 18 1908, the first Japanese immigrants arrived in Brazil, aboard the Kasato Maru. A new era was about to start for Brazilian culture and ethnicity, but permanence was not first and foremost in the mind of the newly arrived workers who had responded to the appeal of a Japan-Brazil immigration agreement. Most of them had imagined their trip as a temporary endeavor – a way to achieve prosperity before returning to their native country.
Also, various festivities and events celebrating 100 years of Japanese immigration in Brazil were taking place in different parts of the country throughout the year. The week around June 18, the date when the Kasato Maru docked at the port of Santos in 1908, packs up some of the year's highlights.
On June 18 1908, the first Japanese immigrants arrived in Brazil, aboard the Kasato Maru. A new era was about to start for Brazilian culture and ethnicity, but permanence was not first and foremost in the mind of the newly arrived workers who had responded to the appeal of a Japan-Brazil immigration agreement. Most of them had imagined their trip as a temporary endeavor – a way to achieve prosperity before returning to their native country.
