Registry of the Japanese gastronomy as an immaterial heritage of the nikkei residing in Brazil

Abstract

The Memorial of Immigration and Japanese Culture presents this research on the intangible cultural heritage of this community, with special focus on the cuisine. Making a cut in the various ethnic and cultural manifestations present among members of the Nikkei community, it was defined as a subject of research the Missô, a fermented soybean paste with salt, essential in Japanese cuisine. Knowing the cultural exchange between Japanese and Brazilian cuisine, it appears that at the same time that it has a harmonious coexistence with the local cuisine, it never loses its ethnic identity in a way that the Missô can be considered part of immaterial cultural heritage of the Nikkei community, since this is one of the dishes that represent their own ethnic identity of immigrants and their descendants.