At the turn of the twentieth century, the Japanese heard of a country across the Pacific. Peru.

Thought to be full of gold and rolling with opportunity, this land was also blessed by rich soil and a tender-hearted climate. The call of mirrored mountains and the yearning for a new life enticed Japanese in their hundreds to cross the seas and arrive, exhausted, on the coastal plantations of a foreign land.

So began the relationship.

Aji peppers and Andean potato met miso, soy and wasabi. Fresh fish bathed in citrus. Cultures asserted themselves while their food painted a new canvas. And now, Peru is home to one of the largest Nikkei communities in the world.