Temporary Peruvian Spaces
Since Nikkei-Peruvians yearn for a place that will resemble
home in every aspect, their stay in 
Oizumi,
Japan is a temporary one. It is true that restaurants
and clubs provide Nikkei-Peruvians with a "space"
where they can come together, eat Peruvian food, and listen to
music in Spanish. These Peruvian places are mostly used as a connection
to the world they left behind. I do not believe that these Peruvian
spaces in Japan are a way of preserving their identity. They are
merely spaces where the Nikkei-Peruvians spend what is
left of their day chatting, eating dinner, or as a source of
entertainment. These places are a reproductioin of what they left
in Peru.
Different from those Nikkei-Brazilians
who have already established a home in Oizumi and have become
accustomed to life in the city (a little Brazil), the Nikkei-Peruvians
lack a community. This does not allow them to start a new beginning
without turning back and remembering their lives in Peru; hence,
their stay becomes but temporary. Unlike Nikkei-Brazilians,
Nikkei-Peruvians seemed unconcerned with the reassertion
of their Peruvianess. They are Peruvians who are in Japan to work,
earn a fortune and then return to Peru or migrate to the United
States with their families.
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