“Japan’s Anatolia” becomes home away from home for Kurds and Turks

Japan has in current years seen an increase of immigrants from Turkey, with ethnic Middle Eastern dining establishments, confectionery shops and churches growing up around the blossoming neighborhood.

Many ethnic Kurds have actually worked out in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, while Turks hailing from the location along their homeland’s Black Sea coastline have actually selected Nagoya in main Japan to live. Many operate in the demolition market and have actually come to be a fundamental part of a Japanese culture that requires as much international labor as feasible.

This October, Turkey will certainly commemorate the 100th wedding anniversary of its starting on the Anatolian Peninsula following World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

Women dancing at “Newroz,” a New Year celebration held by Kurds living in Japan, in March 2023 inSaitama (Kyodo)

“Please try homemade Kurdish lamb,” sobbed a Kurdish lady, 29, residing in …