On the second day of our research in Oizumi,
we had lunch at the Brazilian restaurant called "Restaurant
Brasil". Right next to it, there was a small Brazilian market
called "Banana Brasil". There I met Juliana, my 
first interviewee. Juliana
is a Brazilian married to a Nikkei-Brazilian who came to Japan
8 years ago. Juliana, a medium-height woman with light hazelnut
color hair and dark skin would not be seen as a Japanese by neither
a Japanese nor by anyone. She told me her struggle since arrived
in Japan for the first time. As soon as she stepped to Japanese
ground she was discriminated. She told me that her husband came
to pick her up at Narita Airport. It surprised when she said that
on both of her train rides (Narita-Ueno / Ueno-Oizumi) virtually
all Japanese there were looking at her with great disdain. Some
even "switched their seats and moved to the next train car".
I was surpriesed when she said that. Eight years ago, she told
me the number of so called "pure Brazilians" was very
small. That was the main reason that made her stand out among
the other Oizumi inhabitants. In fact, the number of "fake
Nikkeis" hasz increased substantially over the past 5 years.
Nowadays, as Juliana says: "sometimes we even get annoyed
to see that many Brazilians around Oizumi".
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Interviews at the "Brasil Futsal"