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I had already interviewed about 24 Dutch Japanese hāfu for Hāfu2Hāfu when a friend forwarded a link to the Hāfu Film (Hafu – the mixed-race experience in Japan). Continue reading →
When Dutch traders of the East India Company (VOC) arrived in Japan in the early 1600’s, they first settled in Hirado, Nagasaki. Western and Chinese merchants were allowed to live and mingle with the locals here freely before the Shogun restricted international relations by declaring several Sakoku Edicts between 1633 and 1639. Most countries were prohibited all contact and trading, while Dutch and Chinese merchants were moved to the artificial island of Dejima in Nagasaki in 1641. Continue reading →
On October 15th, 2017, Tetsuro Miyazaki held a presentation and workshop on his Hāfu2Hāfu Project in partnership with SIETAR Japan (The Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research). In attendance were roughly 40 people from all walks of life. Japanese folks with international backgrounds, parents of multi-cultural/ethnic children, a zainichi (Japan-born Korean) man, nissei, sansei Japanese and of course, many hāfus like myself. Continue reading →
On June 22nd, I was invited to share Hāfu2Hāfu at Pecha Kucha Tokyo. Continue reading →
Supported by the Hapa Japan Project, Hāfu2Hāfu Expands to Capture Mixed-Race Japanese People from each of the 193 Countries Around the World.
Random Portrait
Ken Visser | 健フィッサー
Netherlands x Japan オランダｘ日本
Kiyomi Oshima Molin
Netherlands x Japan オランダｘ日本
Laila Idrissi | イドリシ玲良
Morocco x Japan モロッコｘ日本
Tetsuro Miyazaki | 宮﨑哲朗
Belgium x Japan ベルギー x 日本
Janice Nakamura | 中村香玲
Taiwan x Japan 台湾ｘ日本
Aiko Chinchilla Takahashi | 高橋藍子
Costa Rica x Japan コスタリカｘ日本
Kawaharada Tao | 川原田大瑛
USA x Japan アメリカｘ日本
Veronika Nomura | 野村ヴェロニカ
Russia x Japan ロシアｘ日本
Kawaharada Taiki | 河原田大輝
USA x Japan アメリカｘ日本
Yamamoto Tatsuma | 山本•アレクス•辰馬
Jamaica x Japan ジャマイカｘ日本
