Hirohito Ota, 39, a freelance writer, is an adventurer by nature.
He had been writing for magazines and other media in Japan, but he cut all his work connections with his home country and flew to Peru to live in the mountains because he was interested in ancient Peruvian religion.
Following this spontaneous act he ended up living for six years in the Latin American country, where he met his wife, Priscila, 40, a Peruvian national of Japanese descent. Priscila became a naturalized Japanese in 2004 and now works for Kyodai, a Peruvian goods store next to the Peruvian Consulate in the Gotanda district in Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo.