Okinawa: A Japanese enclave in the heart of South America

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Okinawa, Bolivia is a community in the centre of South America that is home to families of Japanese migrants who first started arriving more than a century ago.
Japan’s connections with Bolivia have been in the spotlight since July 15, 2019, when Japan’s Princess Mako of Akishino travelled to the country while visiting the region to commemorate the 120th anniversary of Japanese migration to South America.
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[@metaltriops5957]

Here early before this sparked debate on Chinese social media

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

I love how you can hear the Spanish influence in their Japanese

[@Wicked-hx7yg]

Wheresmyeyebrow I thought they were speaking Spanish 😂 but then I thought to myself why I couldn’t understand them 🤯

[@ShadNex]

@@Wicked-hx7yg sameidk soanish or japanese but i swear they were speaking spanish

[@ar5846]

I’m a native Japanese speaker and that guy in the video had no Spanish accent when he spoke Japanese. He sounds like an ordinary Japanese person😂😂😂

[@Ampaomike]

I think i found the reference why Luffy from the Japanese manga/anime called One piece is a Brazilian nationality ...It's not related but when i found out they had a history of manufacturing rubber in Bolivia and Luffy powers is made of rubber. ...i see the connection there why the mangaka Oda sensei referenced Luffy is a Brazilian nationality if he was in real life. ...sorry my english writing

[@Cindy99765]

Wow!

[@theoeguia3302]

But his powers are from a Bolivian tree soooo .....Luffy is Bolivian not Brazilian

[@michaelstanley2479]

did this trigger a heated discussion in chinese social media sites?

[@izanaginomikotofase4thehed161]

No,they only get triggered if it involves WWII and Chinese as victims. But this one is not.

[@0kah645]

@@izanaginomikotofase4thehed161 /r wooshh

[@izanaginomikotofase4thehed161]

@@0kah645 r/woosh

[@JoseMendoza-JAM]

Because the Japnaese Princess visted The Country

[@mpacker]

Izanagi no Mikoto Fase 4 the Hedgehog r/wooooooosh

[@blendedtonesable]

I never knew this. Wow! Fascinating.

[@Ampaomike]

Now i understand why it had spanish or any Latin language comments in some Japanese video content in youtube. ...It might be those people are Japanese that are speaking Spanish or sort of.

[@JoseMendoza-JAM]

Or Latino speaking Japanese

[@theotryhard8651]

Maybe its some of 400 million native spanish speakers who like Japanese stuff like alot of westerners.

[@Ata_2601]

​@@theotryhard8651 exactly

[@Rhoxe]

Now that's multicultural

[@tamanamsudhir4576]

Amazing.

[@princessthyemis]

wow!

[@shihad6513]

Did This Also Sparked Debate On Chinese Social Media?

[@-xm1iu]

Wow i never knew that

[@MerariAbiEzer]

Why didn't they come to Belize? I would loved to have welcomed them! Onegaishimas.

[@antoniosshampoo3365]

Did it spark debate in the bacteria living inside me?

[@miles_kharmushir]

Okinawan is never a dialect of Japanese!

[@santiagorappy71]

I think the same with the Cantonese!

[@supernova7966]

Chinatwon is more powerful

[@YuriDokiDoki]

Oh great, there was Engrish, is there going to be Supanish? Anyways, did this spark debate in Chinese SM?

[@sneekibreeki4952]

Godless X no need to criticize him/her for it, if you have nothing nice to say then it's best to keep it to yourself

[@YuriDokiDoki]

It's not Supanish, I just realized. It's Esupanyoru.

[@gambigambigambi]

Why did it sparked controversy?

[@MsAkbar14]

Nobody talk about how cute is japanese princess?

[@theoeguia3302]

🥰🙈😜

[@masonmason6260]

Is this one also occupied by the US?

[@juanguzman9031]

Bolivia is one of the strongest critics of us in in meetings

[@masonmason6260]

@@juanguzman9031 it was just I joke. I know

[@uncleruckus2974]

Wonderful story of people from the old world immigrating to the new world

[@amigochevere5217]

When they migrated in the early 1900s Okinawa was more chinese than Japanese

[@xirb-4007]

I'm waiting for debate from Chinese Media

[@jamesrandy8298]

they run away after committed war crime.

[@theoeguia3302]

Nazis in Argentina Some Nazis in Brazil Confederate soldiers in Brazil after Civil War. South America is Huge

[@violajackson6885]

Actual refugees.

[@Cindy99765]

Most went there to become laborers, not as refugees

[@violajackson6885]

@@Cindy99765 After WWII

[@mingyuhuang8944]

Okinawa has never been truly a part of Japan and Japan never truly thought of it as a part of itself. It technically has more in common with China and Chinese culture than anything else, because it was once a satellite state for China

[@acdevrf]

🙄 soo… the princess of Japan came to Okinawa but they never thought of it as a part of itself.

[@irwincrook567]

Now that Japan is one of the most developed nation and Bolivia is a third world country.... They must have regretted their ancestors decision

[@chocomanger6873]

Yeah, but it's probably a better lifestyle in Bolivia. You pay a price for being "developed."

[@gabrielbautista7565]

Hay videos de ellos que no piensan retornar a Japon ya que estos tienen la posibilidad porque tienen doble nacionalidad pero decidieron quedarse en Bolivia

[@ashervaldez9975]

Okinawa is not Japan!

[@rezaoktovian9165]

even a development country become a refugees

[@Kianglekable]

Migrants are not always refugees

[@Y2ANJ]

@@Kianglekable I'm pretty sure they came in the aftermath of WW2.

[@chocomanger6873]

Maybe they were just adventurous.

[@jamesrandy8298]

run away after committed war crime.

[@DBT1007]

This is called as WEABOO.