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unusual facts about Colonia Roma


Fumiko Nakashima

She began exhibiting works in various galleries in Japan but has since settled in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City.


Avenida de los Insurgentes

Many of Mexico City's emblematic colonias (such as Condesa, Roma, Del Valle, Napoles, San Ángel, Pedregal) are either crossed or on the side of Insurgentes.

Polanco, Mexico City

In the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, the majority of Mexico City's Jews moved from Condesa, Roma and the Downtown to Polanco, Lomas de Chapultepec, Interlomas, Bosques de las Lomas, and Tecamachalco, where the majority are now based.


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Fumiko Nakashima

As a response to the massive earthquake in Japan, Nakashima organized Pray for Japan in July 2011, with Garros Galería and the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana member Celso Zubire at the CONACULTA gallery in Colonia Roma.