The car of the Japanese pioneers in Venezuela / El auto de los pioneros japoneses en Venezuela.

With this car some Nikkei families moved to Ocumare as voluntary prisoners in World War II. I was thinking that this car is not the one you would buy to take a walk with your family but to feed them, there are also several stories related to cars in my community ... Several of our pioneers were fishermen, they had first migrated to Panama, there They were harassed, first for political reasons due to Japanese expansionism in Asia over the European colonies, then local fishermen took advantage of that to marginalize them to the point where they could only fish in an area where their boats were not strong, finally they achieved with Seijiro Yazawa that He had come to Vzla looking for an oil concession and he recommended that they come here because "there are a lot of fish," that is what they did, as they did not have money to pay taxes on the boats, they negotiated with the customs agent of La Guaira to pay them as soon as they had the money and they rowed to Higuerote for a day and a half. They did not do very well either, because their fishing technique was very different ... They decided to opt for agriculture, they rented a plot in Caracas, in La Bandera and with seeds given by some Chinese immigrants, at first they sowed very deep and did not come out. plants, then they understood and finally had tomato and turnip to sell. It is here where the car appears again, Seijiro Yazawa had met an Italian owner of a bottling plant on a boat trip who was traveling with his son. This man lent Yazawa money to buy the vehicle they needed to take the vegetables to that plaza / solarium in front of the Casa de Bolivar in the center to sell to the people. Over time the fishermen saved and opened small bodeguitas in San Agustín.

Perhaps this is the same car that they bought with the loan from the Italian to transport vegetables with the seeds given by the Chinese. Immigrant Solidarity.

Fishermen: Sakae Watai, Fukutaro Serizawa, Tatsuzo Sakakibara, Matsuo Horie.

Italian: José Antonio Teppa, Green Spot.

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Con este auto se trasladaron algunas familias nikkei a Ocumare como prisioneros voluntarios en la II Guerra Mundial. Estaba pensando en que este auto no es el que comprarías para pasear con tu familia sino para darles de comer, hay además varias historias relacionadas con los autos en mi comunidad... De nuestros pioneros varios eran pescadores, habían migrado primero a Panamá, allá fueron hostigados, primero por razones políticas debido al expansionismo japonés en Asia sobre las colonias europeas, luego eso lo aprovecharon pescadores locales para marginarlos al punto en que solo podían pescar en una zona dónde su botes no eran fuertes, finalmente se consiguieron con Seijiro Yazawa que había venido a Vzla buscando una concesión petrolera y les recomendó venir para acá porque "hay muchos peces", eso hicieron, como no tenían plata para pagar los impuestos por los botes, negociaron con el agente de la aduana de La Guaira para pagarles apenas tuvieran el dinero y se fueron remando hasta Higuerote un día y medio. Tampoco les fue muy bien, porque su técnica de pesca era muy distinta... Decidieron optar por la agricultura, alquilaron una parcela en Caracas, en La Bandera y con semillas regaladas por unos inmigrantes chinos, al principio sembraron muy profundo y no salían las plantas, luego entendieron y por fin tenían tomate y nabo que vender. Es aquí donde aparece de nuevo el auto, Seijiro Yazawa había conocido en un viaje por barco a un italiano dueño de una embotelladora que viajaba con su hijo. Este señor le prestó dinero a Yazawa para comprar el vehículo que necesitaban para llevar las verduras hasta esa plaza/solario frente a la Casa de Bolivar en el centro para venderle a la gente. Con el tiempo los pescadores ahorraron y abrieron bodeguitas en San Agustín.

Quizás esté sea el mismo auto que compraron con el préstamo del italiano para transportar verduras con las semillas obsequiadas por los chinos. Solidaridad de Inmigrante.

Pescadores: Sakae Watai, Fukutaro Serizawa, Tatsuzo Sakakibara, Matsuo Horie.

Italiano: José Antonio Teppa, Green Spot.