（こちらは英語版です。和文でお読みになる方は日本語版「ボーアタルジ久子」（タイトルが日本語のみ）をご覧ください。 憧れの日本で待っていたものは？ It is a story about a Japanese-Brazilian woman who had come to her grand parents' home country, about her son killed in absurd accident near her, and about many Japanese, a Brazilian ambassador, a Japanese-Peruvian who helped her. It is a real story that occurred some 30 years ago. Also it is a story of friendship and interchange between many Japanese and her. Contents Prologue Part Ⅰ　Kazuo Suddenly Ends His 24 Year’s Life 1 Kazuo dies at work 2 Kazuo's body returned to his room 3 Bullying at the workplace 4 Kazuo visited ex-colleagues in Kanagawa (water pollution) 5 Hisako met manager Fujita 6 Kazuo telephoned to Brazil 7 From the vigil to funeral and cremation 8 Relics tell Mr. Takagi talks The Buddhist priest tells Part II Hisako's Note 1 About the husband and children 2 Robbery at my Brazilian residence 3 Emigrant's life 4 Arrival in Japan Started working as a caddy 5 About my parents In search of relative (Posted on 'Help Line' of a daily paper) Relatives 6 Visit to Laver Standard Inspection Office The first visit to Brazilian Embassy 7 Visit to Tokyo Immigration Office The second visit to Brazilian Embassy (Problem of legal action arises) Part III Tomi's Note 1 She was supposed to have left for Brazil taking Kazuo's ashes 2 Three days late going home Part IV Returned to Japan and Damage Suit 1 Letters from Brazil Introduction of new currency Real Decision to return to Japan 2 Returned to Japan Residence was found Worked as nurse's aide 3 Worker's compensation 4 Criminal investigation 5 Damage suit Afterwords References 【 Note by the author 】 The two years that I spent with Mrs. Suzuki Hisako, who was forty-nine years old then, were memorable. She was Japanese-Brazilian (Brazilian name: Luzia Shizako da Silva). We got on together so well partly because we were the same age and had our children at the same time. 　Economic and political conditions in Japan and Brazil, however, were very different. While in Japan people were enjoying safe and abundant every day lives, in Brazil robbery and murder were ( and still are) commonplace. At that time in 1992 we were told that in Brazil, with severe economics, salaries were insufficient to keep pace with inflation of over 30%. Even Hisako who was paid a salary three and five times the basic wage then found it hard to keep up with the daily price rises. In her personal appearance, Hisako always said, she looked no different from people in Japan. Far from it. I always remember that her way of speaking Japanese was far more beautiful and elegant than modern speech here. That may be because she had inherited her use of language from parents who had been educated in the Meiji and Taisho periods. Her eldest son Kazuo, whose Brazilian name was Altemar Kull da Silva, was a third generation Japanese-Brazilian. These memoirs are also of his tragic death leaving his wife and children in Brazil, and of Hisako's grief and loss. It really happened 30 years ago, several names of people, places, and the company etc. in the story are, however, fictitious.