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LEA 🎩
@leaolmos.eth
Visited the AJA (Japanese Association in Argentina) a couple of weeks ago. Founded in 1916, it’s one of the oldest japanese institutions in Latam.
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Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
This is so cool. Reminds me of this art exhibit I saw at the main UFO-shaped museum in Brasilia back in 2019 all by this Japanese-Brazilian artist. I have the poster in my living room.
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LEA 🎩
@leaolmos.eth
Ah yes, the one designed by Niemeyer. I wasn't familiar with that artist. I checked her work a bit, I liked it! Brazil received massive Japanese immigration in the early 1900s. And in Japan, the Brazilian community is the fourth largest. Both countries are really connected between them. Here in Argentina, about 90% of Japanese immigration came from Okinawa, so a lot of what we typically see as "traditional Japanese culture" here is actually heavily influenced by Okinawan traditions.
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Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
That’s so interesting. Why was the immigration so regionally specific to Argentina? And did they remain clustered in one area of Argentina?
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LEA 🎩
@leaolmos.eth
At the beginning of the Meiji era, the Ryukyu Islands were officially annexed by Japan. Okinawa population was very poor at that time (it remains one of Japan's poorest regions even today), so the newly formed country, together with private contractors, encouraged overseas migration, particularly to Brazil to work in agriculture and coffee fields. The harsh working conditions in Brazil made the japanese immigrants to escape to other countries, including Argentina. Most Japanese immigrants who arrived came as part of this secondary migration. Most of them settled in Buenos Aires and in other provinces around.
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Alexander C. Kaufman
@kaufman
Fascinating! But then why so many Okinawans specifically making the secondary migration?
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LEA 🎩
@leaolmos.eth
I think the reason so many Okinawans migrated is because the first official ship transporting Japanese immigrants to Brazil, the Kasato Maru, departed from Okinawa. It was partly a coincidence, but once Okinawans settled in Argentina, they brought more people from their region.
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