Day (Kodomo no Hi), Matsuri, Buddhist festivals such as the Obon and Ohigan, among others, continue preserved in the Nikkei community. The Nikkei in Peru have also known how to preserve precisely some of the customs and traditions brought by their parents and grandparents, and that they are part of their natural heritage. At the same time, Peruvians of Japanese descent, previously seen as a "closed" community, are today citizens who perform in all fields. Currently, the Japanese-Peruvians are one of the largest Nikkei communities in the world and the second largest in Latin America. Japanese-Peruvians mainly inhabit the central Peruvian coast (Lima and Trujillo has the most of them) and in some villages in the Amazon area. Cuisine The cuisine of Peru is a heterogeneous mixture of the diverse cultural influences that enriched the South American country. An important influence was the Japanese immigrants and their descendants through Nikkei cuisine, which fuses Peruvian and Japanese cuisine. It has become a gastronomic sensation in many countries. The origins of this cuisine lies in the importance of fresh products, encouraged by the prosperous fishing industry of Peru, the Japanese knew how to use fresh fish and mix it with ceviche, which is the Peruvian flag dish. As well with the Chifa (fusion cuisine that came from the Chinese community in Peru), Japanese dishes were created with using the recipes and flavours from the indigenous Peruvians. Fish was added with basic products in the Peruvian pantry, including corn, chili, cassava, potatoes and limes. Some examples of chefs who use Nikkei cuisine include Nobu Matsuhisa, Ferran Adrià and Kurt Zdesar. Notable people Anthony Aoki Alberto Fujimori: Former President of Peru Koichi Aparicio: Peruvian footballer Ernesto Arakaki: International footballer Hideyoshi Arakaki: Peruvian footballer Keiko Fujimori: Former First Lady, Congresswoman and businesswoman (daughter of Alberto Fujimori) Kenji Fujimori: Congressman (son of Alberto Fujimori) Santiago Fujimori: Lawyer (younger brother of Alberto Fujimori) Víctor García Toma: Former Minister of Justice Susana Higuchi: Politician, former First Lady, ex-spouse of Alberto Fujimori Jorge Hirano: International footballer Fernando Iwasaki: Writer Aldo Miyashiro: Writer, TV host and celebrity Augusto Miyashiro: Mayor of the City of Chorrillos since 1999, an important middle class southern suburban district of Metropolitan Lima Kaoru Morioka: Japanese futsal player Venancio Shinki: Artist David Soria Yoshinari: International footballer José Pereda Maruyama: Retired international footballer, having notably played for Argentinian powerhouse Boca Juniors Akio Tamashiro: Karate athlete. Pan American