Regina Arakaki
Regina Arakaki, born in Concepción del Uruguay, Entre Ríos, Argentina in 1942. Daughter of immigrants from Okinawa. Graduate in Pharmacy and Biochemistry. Mother of four children. He currently lives in Buenos Aires.
Last updated October 2015
Stories from This Author
V's first birthday
Oct. 14, 2015 • Regina Arakaki , Maximiliano Matayoshi
The first time I went to Japan was to save my daughter V. She was just a few months old and had been born with a tumor, but no one in Buenos Aires wanted to operate on her. Then Aki, my husband, called his brother, who is a surgeon in Okinawa. It all happened in two weeks. My brother-in-law knew a certain Hasegawa sensei . We had to travel as soon as possible. After 40 hours of travel, Aki, my …