Portugal represented at Expo Osaka Kansai

The sound of the guitar that echoes in one of the 80 pavilions spread across the artificial island of Yumeshima, in Osaka Bay, attracts an increasingly Japanese.
The relationship between Portugal and Japan has almost five centuries. The Portuguese arrived in this island country of the Pacific Ocean in 1543, starting a period of trade and cultural changes. First Europeans to dock in the archipelago, they brought firearms and Christianity.

Portugal is represented in Japan in an exhibition that runs until October. The goal is to strengthen the relationship that has existed for almost five centuries between the two countries.

The sound of the guitar that echoes in one of the 80 pavilions spread across the artificial island of Yumeshima, in Osaka Bay, attracts an increasingly Japanese.

But when, for over 20 years, Kazufumi Tsukimoto traveled to Lisbon to learn Portuguese guitar, fado was still practically unknown in this part of the world.

The guitarist lived 12 months in Lisbon. After that began to pass in Portugal two to three weeks a year to continue learning the language and practice Portuguese guitar.

The relationship between Portugal and Japan has almost five centuries. The Portuguese arrived in this island country of the Pacific Ocean in 1543, starting a period of trade and cultural changes. First Europeans to dock in the archipelago, they brought firearms and Christianity.