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"