Felt more Japanese

I just felt more Japanese after last night at the Summer Festival in Ichinomiya. Going with friends and enjoying some liquors and foods all the way, it was so fun. Much better thing is, I learned how Japanese are celebrating festivals or まつり and it was a pleasure.

I felt my deep connection to the culture I am far when I was born yet are flowing in my veins continuosly waiting for the time I can go here in Japan and unlock my cultural identity.

Have pictures of the event and meeting old friends along the way, it was heart pumping and very exciting when me and a friend danced with everyone with the Japanese classical drums beating and the dancers were rolling until the last beat. I am slowly finding out my Japanese cultural identity more and more.

Why Filipino-Japanese assimilated rapidly?

I don't really get why i never had earned a Japanese surename since birth or dad simply didn't cared of using that surename. Or maybe, this explains it well.

Early as the 12th century there are either traders or populations itself, and the Tokugawa expulsions in the 16th centuries for Christian Japanese... Oh wait, during the war, a lot of the Japanese-mestizos who are native before World War II were indiscriminately killed, forcing the living ones to change to Filipino names and deny even a bit of their Japanese heritage.

That pattern of assimilation irritates me. As a Sansei, i am slowly discovering my roots and tries to learn Japanese since i have a Japanese born Girlfriend and pregnant with my first, as i will name it Masahiko Đorđe if a boy and Ajko Jefimija if it is a girl. I may call both names because i have a strong leanings on both Japanese and Serbian cultures.

But choosing a Filipino name is not an option. Homestly. Unlike the Brazilian-Japanese or the Japs in America that have either maintained their cultural identity despite all the wartime propagandas thrown against them, the Filipino Nikkeijins simply assimilated unlike the Filipino-Chinese that won't even make a full-scale assimilation to the Filipino culture.

Not for racism or pride but i lament the negative effects of assimilation and the consequences of my family or the group i am born from that never cared about their roots.

Apresijacija Japanske Kulture

In my own words, i fell in love with this country. To people, they call it Japan or Nihhon but i call it Japan(Iapan/Serbian pronouciation). Ever since i stepped in to the land of the rising sun, i soon felt it is my second home, since my grandmother came from one of the islands(Okinawa) and treats Japan as my ideal country as well, although that is 1% possible because of my lack of Japanskog learning or the Kanji i know.


I love their culture, the people, practice and their assistance to us foreign-born Japanese as well. Like the discipline they exhibit always, like the code of Honesty. Many things are returned to the owner because of this system. The police are fair. Everything here is like, you will truly fight for, for your future generations and everyone who would hear your own story.

If there is one thing i would be here, is to raise my family here. I won't give up to make sure my kids would have a much brighter future than i got. That is what kids bring hope to the adults, like how Japanese kids are the future of this country.