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@@amma3353 I think it's unusual and surprising to see someone visiting the country. We complain so much that, sometimes I forgot the good things we can enjoy here.
@@lucastelles25 yes you’re right, that definitely is also true for every country, we can take for granted the good things in our home. but I have to say even then I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone as excited as Brazilians when their culture gets brought up 😂🫶
Greetings from Philippines 🇵🇭! I went to Brazil back in 2018, and it was such an amazing experience! Super far away from my country though. It took me 34 hours to get to São Paulo one way! Seeing you visit Liberdade and trying out the local food like churrasco and being at the parties there reminds me of just how amazing my experience was there! Funny thing: I got introduced to Brazilian culture because I met a Brazilian Japanese person working in Japan who made me fall in love with their food, music, dance and culture! Even until now, I still make Pão de queijo which I learned to make years ago! Super nice job recording all these videos in Brazil! I am able to get a little bit of brazilian food closer to me through Japan too! There are brazilian communities in Tokyo, Gunma, Kyoto, Nagoya in Aichi and Okinawa, too! 🇯🇵🇧🇷🇵🇭
This is so nice to read!! I'm glad u enjoyed your stay here in Brazil. Visiting Liberdade was extraordinary even to me, since i live quite far from SP. Btw i recommend u the beaches and cousine of Nordeste, my region, if you ever come here again!! 😄 always welcome~~ Btw Phillipines, as much as other SEA countries like Thailand, Indonesia, are definitely on my travel bucket list!! 🙌 Love the energy 😍
Que massa que veio no Brasa e curtiu, meu amigo!! Fico feliz quando vejo pessoas que vieram aqui e viram as partes que de fato são boas, tais como a receptividade, carisma e amor em ajudar os outros. Você definitivamente deu uma sorte e caiu no bairro certo. Hope you come again.
@@juanluk13 vir pro Brasil e ficar num bairro zoado como o Jardins que só tem mansão e e loja de carro caro o cara vai ver 1% do Brasil e sair achando que é uma merda. Se ele cair dentro do Paraisópolis vai sair provavelmente com uma impressão muito melhor de hospitalizade e calor humano (isso usando apenas São Paulo como exemplo)
Did you not hear the Nisei say that it is dangerous? The Japanese are leaving for a reason. Did not Ferdinand Magellan make a stop over in Brazil just to quarter his mutineers and hang their pieces on iron hooks? From that day til today Brazil is fraught with Danger.
@estebancorral5151 I never read so many stupid things in such a short comment. You are utterly misinformed. Sao Paulo is not more dangerous than Los Angeles, New York, London or Buenoa Aires. Every large city has to deal with social inequality, drugs, thefts and violence. São Paulo is no different, it is just the largest city in Latin America and the largest city in the whole southern hemisphere. Of course, criminality will be proportional to its sheer dimensions of a *MEGA CITY* Ferdinand de Magellan (FERNÃO DE MAGALHÃES) *was visiting Brazil in 1519-1520* when Brazil was still a Portuguese COLONY, the country was formally "discovered" in 1500. The first Brazilian city was NOT EVEN BEEN FOUNDED YET. *That happened only in 1532 with the foundation of Vila de São Vicente* THE FIRST JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS ARRIVED IN BRAZIL ALMOST 400 YEARS LATER, ONLY IN 1908 to work in coffee plantations across the inland of the state of SÃO PAULO. The influx of Japanese people has decreased because Japan became a developed country and a rich nation after THE RECONSTRUCTION process needed after the SECOND WORLD WAR. The Japanese diaspora to Brasil was waned by 1960-1980 because Japan has turned into one of the BIGGEST economies in the world. Why would the Japanese people leave their RICH country to immigrate somewhere else? The Japanese immigrants are not coming to Brazil for the same reason the Italians, the Portuguese, the Germans and the Spanish are not coming EITHER. *Because THEY DON'T NEED TO.* Their countries are stable and rich and have achieved the status of DEVELOPED nations with high GDP and high levels of social equality. If you were a little smarter, you would have noticed that IMMIGRATION is caused by disruption in the country SOURCE and NOT problems in the RECEIVING country. See the case of central and south America citizens getting in the United States, or the African and middle-eastern citizens going to Europe. The Japanese people not immigrating to Brazil anymore have a lot to do with the *WELL BEING IN JAPAN than Brazilian developing-country pains...*
@@estebancorral5151just do walk at night, 6pm is ok but later might start to get dangerous. there ARE some exceptions thst is safe most of time. balneario camboriu is a pretty safe city and i think that until around 0am and 1am you are still safe on the areas with more movement, if the streets are loud its safe to be around.
I'm very happy to see a Japonese enjoying my country. I really like Japonese culture at all and it's very nice to see that Brazil and Japan have this connection
Nossa, estou tão acostumada a ver vídeos de brasileiros falando de países e estados de fora do Brasil, que quando vi o seu falando de São Paulo e da Liberdade, que é um bairro que amo, foi incrível. Obrigada ☺️
Eu até tomei um susto 😂😂😂😂 porque é tão comum brasileiros que mostram outros países. E ao vir esse canal falando de São Paulo, mostrando a cultura asiática, adorei. Não entendi nada do que foi dito, mas entendi que dói de São Paulo e da liberdade. E pelo entusiasmo das pessoas, senti energia boa. Muito bom!!!
@@Mary-bo5dr basicamente ele tava tentando ver se o bairro da liberdade se parece mesmo com um bairro japonês. Diz ele que há muitas coisas de outros países misturadas, tipo China e Coreia. Coisas que não são japonesas. Depois conversando com um filho de japonês ele descobre que é meio misturado e que há muitos chineses e os japoneses estão ficando mais escassos. Ainda conversando com esse filho de japonês ele pergunta um bom lugar pra filar uma bóia, aí o cara dá ideia dele ir comer Ramem num lugar chamado Ramem Kazui, mas as duas vezes que o cara foi lá estava fechado. Por fim ele opta por ir em um restaurante que foi o que mais tinha cara de ser japonês que ele comentou anteriormente e diz que foi o melhor rango nipônico que ele comeu na América latina kkk. Duas coisas q achei interessante destacar é a preocupação dele com a violência em São Paulo, entendi que ele tava tendo um passeio tranquilo e esperava por mais perigos. Aí o carinha da loja conta que de dia é tranquilo, mas a noite todos lugares são perigosos. Outra coisa interessante foi que ele achou o jardim japonês que lá tinha tão sem graça que nem entrou direito que voltou atrás recomendou ngm a entrar kkkkkk Aparentemente a vegetação tava mto alta, não dando uma boa vista e perdendo parte importante da caracterização (interpretação minha, ele não fala isso explicitamente). Não sou muito bom em inglês, mas foi isso que entendi. Espero ter ajudado um pouco, abraços.
Happy to know you’re in Sao Paulo. This is my hometown and where I live. Grandparents were Japanese. I hope you enjoy it! Please, try as much restaurants as you can, because this is a city with much diversity.
We are happy that you enjoyed Liberdade. Traditionally in Monday, many restaurant in the Japanese town closed, because Sunday it was openned. Take a one day of week to take a rest.
Actually, Kazu is open. but it works only for dinner, I guess. I went to Kazu like 2 months ago. The space where you went is "Espaço Kazu", not "Ramen Kazu". Its different. "Ramen Kazu" is across the street. I Recommend: "Tanka"(All you can eat Bufet), Hong He(Chinese restaurant), "Asuka Ramen"(Cheap and good chicken stock), "We Coffee"(Oriental dessert and bakery), "Pastel Yoka"(Pastel is a filled fried pastry, most commom is filled with cheese or grounded meat.)
O impressionante do Bairro Liberdade é que voce se sente realmente numa cidade japonesa. Não se trata apenas dos restaurantes mas de todo um clima , uma vibe diferente dos outros bairros da cidade. E São Paulo é assim mesmo, voce tem bairro japonês, italiano, árabe, judeu, chinês, enfim, cada comunidade imigrante se estabeleceu em um local e fez desse local sua terra natal.
@@carlosperes não, você que pensa viver numa utopia, é só você ver os adolescentes quase despidos dançando funk perto das estações de metrô a noite nos fins de semana. Infelizmente nem todo mundo respeita nosso bairro, e eu sou japonesa pra dizer isso viu.
It's so damn nice to see a japanese guy interesting in our mixed japanese-brazilian culture. My grandparents were japanese, who came as immigrants for a better life and what they taught us, their descendants, is to always fight for conquering a dignified life and to keep humble, whether u'r successful or not. So happy to see u enjoyed!!!
my mom is Japanese and she was also raised in Brazil. She came to Japan when she was 15 and then to the US when she was in her 20s but she said she always felt closer as a Brazilian than as a Japanese.
I don't know if you went there, but there is a place called "Historic Museum of the Japanese Immigration in Brazil", and it is really great! I learned so much about the japanese community coming to Brazil, the challanges faced, and there are also performances of traditional dances, music and other forms of art from time to time! Very worth the visit!
Yeah, and the best Japanese Museum (Japan House) is not even located at Liberdade but in Paulista Avenue, it's still a downtown area but not at what I call Chinatown here... lol
@@MAXxD15 povo tem mania de idealizar e demonizar gringos, não são nem melhores nem piores que nós, todos da mesma espécie animal que está firme e forte rumo a destruir o planeta.
Your reactions to the food are priceless, seems like genuinely good sushi and miso! As for São Paulo’s gastronomic scene: I remember I had an Italian friend when I was I high school (he was born in Brazil to an Italian father). He’d travel to Italy every year and spend 3 to 4 months there, and he always said that the best Italian food he’d ever tried was in São Paulo, not in Rome, Milan or any other Italian city. That’s one of the many beauties of immigration!
I honestly hate watching people eat, but you were so grateful for that connection with your homeland!! Love your videos George, I WILL learn Japanese one day, I swear! Love from Scotland. Fraz. 🖤😜
nos paulistas agradecemos por este video maravilhoso, nossa pequena e grandiosa liberdade sempre surpreende pela qualidade! venha mais vezes na liberdade!!!
Tem uma parte da história do bairro da liberdade que pouca gente conhece e que tem ligação com escravos que viviam na região. Há inclusive uma estátua no meio da praça da Liberdade como memorial a este período histórico. No século 19. A região da Liberdade era conhecida como Bairro da Pólvora. O nome fazia alusão à Casa da Pólvora, fundada em 1754, no largo da Pólvora. Ao contrário de hoje, naquela época, a região era considerada periférica e ligava o centro da cidade de São Paulo a Santo Amaro, que até então era outro município. Além da Casa da Pólvora, o bairro tinha dois outros pontos famosos: o Pelourinho e o Largo da Forca. O primeiro continha postes onde os escravizados eram castigados; enquanto o segundo era assim nomeado por abrigar uma forca utilizada para a execução de quem era condenado à pena de morte. A origem do nome Liberdade, aliás, tem uma de suas versões ligadas ao Largo da Forca. Segundo consta, ele passou a ser chamado assim, após um soldado negro, de nome Chaguinhas, ter liderado um levante de soldados, que reivindicava aumento de salário. Chaguinhas teria sido capturado e condenado à forca, porém a corda usada em sua execução arrebentou três vezes e as pessoas que acompanhavam o enforcamento passaram a gritar: “Liberdade”, vindo daí o nome do bairro. A segunda versão liga o nome Liberdade às reivindicações de abolição da escravidão. Leia mais em: www.gazetasp.com.br/noticias/memoria-de-negros-a-orientais-a-historia-do-bairro-da-liberdade/1101443/
É muito bom como a Liberdade foi transformada de um local usado para o castigo de escravos num bairro que acolhe não só japoneses, mas orientais no geral, já que a comunidade chinesa e coreana tbm tem uma quantidade de membros bem expressiva no local.
Só que isso foi acompanhado pelo apagamento da história de luta e sofrimento do povo negro em São Paulo. Fechar o olho pra origem da região e maquiar com uma temática agradável e de outra cultura e história não é só um processo de enriquecimento cultural, mas também de esquecimento. É, no fundo, também muito triste. O Brasil precisa olhar pra si mesmo e enfrentar seus demônios.
@@maitrankdaarlen, provavelmente ocorra a evolução como sociedade quando começar a haver punição de fato ou invés de anistia e esquecimento de crimes que a elite vem comentendo desde que botaram os pés aqui no território.
I grew up in São Paulo and this is so nostalgic to me! Although I have no Japanese heritage, I used to visit this japanese area really often, I even lived in the neighborhood when I left my parents home. Everyone I know in Sao Paulo has at least one Japanese (nissei or sansei) friend who usually presents us a bit of their culture, mine brought me to the best restaurants and also karaoke in this area. I don't live in Brasil anymore and I won't be back so soon, but this video about my hometown warmed my heart so much that I can't explain it. Thank you for that :-)
Wow, you're in my hometown! Man, I think that "Ramen Kazu" it's across the street. You see, "Ramen Kazu" and "Kazu Space" are different restaurants from the same owners. There's another ramen shop that is very famous in São Paulo, it's called "Jojo Ramen". You should try it, it's in the Paulista avenue region (you should take advantage of a possible visit to the Paulista avenue region to visit the Japan House also). And about that "japanese town", it's true that it has become less and less "japaneasy". The "nikkei" are living in another neibourghs across São Paulo, specially in the south region of the city. But Brazil still "the most japanese country outside Japan", and not only that, Brazil have the largest italian comunity outside Italy, for example. This country is really diverse, we are a country made of immigrants. Welcome to Brazil! I'm sure people will treat you well and make sure that you have a good experience!
I was born and raised in São Paulo but have been living away since 2002. Your video brought me that warm hometown feeling. As a kid, I’d roam these streets with my parents and, every year, we would go to the Japanese Fair, which was a big event and lots of fun. In school, we also learned about and visited the Japanese immigration museum, showing more details about the voyages they made from Japan. You can actually survey the passenger manifests of the boats to find relatives who made the trip. The Japanese community put in a lot of work to make São Paulo what it is today. The way you talk to the shop keeper and your respectful impressions of the restaurant tell me you’re a kind person. Thank you for visiting my hometown. I hope you left with a good impression and come back with more friends later. Three ethnicities make the city: Japanese, Italian and Lebanese. It’s the perfect match, isn’t it? I wonder why people say that São Paulo has the best food!
So glad you’ve been able to get your cultural experience in another country, especially in Brazil !! Now I get to use this as reference the next time I visit Brazil looking for Japanese goods, your reactions on the last scenes has got me sold 😂😂💗💗
I love Liberdade in Brazil! Congratulations for your amazing video! I was in Osaka, Nara and Kyoto last year... Japan is a really beautiful country! 🇧🇷🇯🇵
I'm from São Paulo and living in Ireland, this video made me miss a lot my city, São Paulo is incredible, I'm so glad to see you enjoying on it. I hope you tried brazilian food too, I'm sure you will really love as well. All my foreign friends liked it
I lived in Japan for a while and when I returned to Brazil I really missed the food. Then a Japanese friend who lives in São Paulo referred me to "Ikkousha ramen" restaurant. I went there and the ramen really looks like Japan and the gyouza is also delicious. This next week I'll be returning to Japan, because my fiancé is from there and we're getting married. I'm very excited!!
George, you're a legend man. I Never watch your videos without a smile and have never felt like watching you was a waste of time. True legend.... keep it coming🙏🏻
brooo thats so nice seeing foreigners having fun even by themselves here in brazil and the love that u express while eating is so damn satisfying to see, i could watch u doing that for an hour straight nice vid bro, keep it up!
*foreigner publishes video with the brazilian flag in the thumb* EVERY BRAZILIAN: "I must watch it. IT'S THE LAW." I'm glad you enjoyed your stay here 🇧🇷🇯🇵
São Paulo! How much I miss this city! I lived there for three years. I'm glad to know that you liked it, Brazil is huge country, you would need a lot of time to get to know everything. The fish tastes different from the ones we eat here in Japan because the Atlantic waters are warmer. The video was too short, will there be a second part? 😁
@@brazil3231 Não, eu sou japonesa. Eu morei três anos no Brasil, em São Paulo, entre 1997~2000. Gosto muito do Brasil, a comida é ótima, tão variada! E as pessoas são divertidas. Estudei português porque acho um idioma bonito, gostava de conversar com pessoas diferentes por causa dos sotaques, do norte, do sul, do Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais…morei um ano no Peru, também foi muito bom. Falo espanhol razoável. Ah, e Márcia não é meu nome, é apelido que meus amigos brasileiros me deram. Espero voltar um dia!
A comunidade nipônica em Mogi das Cruzes / SP é forte e unida, a cidade afastada na Grande São Paulo possuem plantações de arroz e outros alimentos com os costumes japoneses. Recomendo uma visita ao Bunkyo na Liberdade, creio que eles te ajudarão a aproximar você da comunidade que te citei.
Saudades da minha Mogi das Cruzes, onde fui criada até os 21 anos entre japoneses, aprendi nihongo, jogava softbol e era membro de Kaikan... Hoje moro há 20 anos em Franca, mas as saudades de Mogi são eternas! As pessoas daqui me perguntam se sou japonesa pelo meu jeito de falar e pelos meus gostos 🥰
ohhh I miss Liberdade, next time I’m in São Paulo I’m for sure going there, it’s such a nice place, it really feels like a little japanese town!! I love it
Düsseldorf in Germany has a large Japanese community, and lot of restaurants too. We stayed in a Japanese hotel and I was happy to be able to have a Japanese breakfast. Go there on Japan Day. It goes about everything Japanese, not only foods, but also sports and clothing. And there’s performances too. It’s a lot of fun.
This is true. You step out the main station entrance and across the street is a kebab shop and a cafe, walk past.those and the entire walk up to Jakobskirche is lined with mainly Japanese and various many Asian stores restaurants along the way.
Brazil is the country with the largest amount of Japanese people outside Japan. Not only in São Paulo state, but also in Paraná state. If I'm not mistaken, even in Amazonas state. At Liberdade there is a nice museum, The Japanese Immigration Museum.
I am very happy to know that you liked the Japanese food in São Paulo, Japan is very important for our culture, today I live in Portugal but when I lived in Brazil, I lived in Curitiba, It is in the south of Brazil and there were many descendants of Japanese there, there is even a square in honor of them, if one day you are curious I recommend it, also Curitiba is very safe, compared to São Paulo, I hope you enjoy it a lot, a big hug from Portugal 🇵🇹🇧🇷🇯🇵
Curitiba is actually a more dangerous city than São Paulo. Not only statistically, which it is, but also it just feels sketchier and there are more sketchy people around the center than São Paulo. I am originally from the USofA and have lived in Rio, Curitiba, Florianopolis and São Paulo. Of those cities I would say São Paulo is the safest. Rio is, of course, the most dangerous, although in over ten years of living there I was never robbed. Curitiba has a lot os sketchy people in the center and around the parks and bus stations. Florianopolis, well it is hardly a city more like a sting of suburbs. By the way I live close to Cracolandia in São Paulo, but in a decent neighborhood, and I don't find the crackheads near as sketchy as the teenage kids hanging around the praças and parks in downtown Curitiba. The crackheads are crazy and will ask you for money but they don't really bother us or rob us here. They just go through the garbage all the time.
George-san, bem vindo! Gostaria de aproveitar o vídeo, como morador esporádico e assíduo visitante, e dar algumas dicas sobre o bairro. Antes de tudo, parabenizar o colega da Murasan pela acolhida em nihongo, algo bastante difícil nas gerações atuais dos descendentes. É público e notório que poucos descendentes das gerações mais novas se preocupam em estudar o idioma. O colega salvou o vídeo! E para quem não sabe, a MN Própolis que aparece é de Mogi das Cruzes, uma cidade também com muitos descendentes, pertinho de São Paulo, e onde nasceu o Neymar! Em relação à segurança, é preciso reforçar que todo cuidado é pouco, em especial ali, perto da Praça da Sé, que se tornou um lugar caótico, e ali mais para baixo na Rua dos Estudantes. Quem visitar o bairro, atentar-se para esses lados, ainda que caracterizados pelo ambiente oriental. Vão bater sua carteira. Por oriental, é preciso reforçar que o bairro não é mais, necessariamente, japonês, como a estação do metrô resolveu se auto-declarar. O bairro é oriental, ponto. Como resquício da influência japonesa, as dicas em relação aos restaurantes são válidas. Há várias opções. Assim como há também opções de comida chinesa. Entretanto, considerando a "aculturação", a adequação ao paladar dos restaurantes japoneses, acredito que a culinária chinesa do bairro ainda deva ser mais fiel ao país. De forma que, para a experiência de se visitar o bairro em busca da culinária oriental, sugiro atentar-se para a diversidade de opções, em detrimento do mero modismo. A título de curiosidade, há mais restaurantes "japoneses" no Brasil que churrascarias. Ou seja, é preciso gastar um pouco mais, para não haver frustração, com o mais do mesmo. George-san deixou 250, e o Tanka é 100, não sem motivo. Ainda sobre o bairro, "japonês", é deprimente a sua caracterização, limitada às cores, arcos e lanternas, e ao total descaso em relação ao lago, à praça no entorno dos restaurantes da Tomás Gonzaga. Isso sem entrar no mérito em relação à diversidade de ambulantes aleatórios. Nada contra quem procura seu sustento, mas é preciso proteger quem está regularizado, e tenta trazer o que de fato o bairro se propõe a oferecer. Aproveitando o ensejo, é importante citar o Bunkyo para quem quer realmente aproveitar o passeio, onde de fato há informações relevantes para quem busca a experiência de uma visita contextualizada ao bairro. Procurem também os novos mercados chineses, imensos, e não apenas os famosinhos da Galvão Bueno. E recolham o lixo em suas visitas.
@@EduardoValenti Casa Mart ao lado da Ikesaki, e Jia He na Rua Glória 132, entre outros. Ainda, na Rua da Glória, há vários bons restaurantes no 111 e 622.
A comunidade nipônica em Mogi das Cruzes / SP é significativa, também por eles serem rurais e possuiem em alguns casos plantações de arroz e outros alimentos nos costumes japoneses. Recomendo uma visita ao Bunkyo na Liberdade, eles te ajudarão na ponte até a outra comunidade nipônica em Mogi das Cruzes.
fico tão feliz de ver pessoas de fora visitando SP e de fato gostando! eh tão comum pra gente ouvir comentários ruins de onde moramos, mas vídeos como esse me enchem de orgulho!! 💕
I'm brazilian, from Rio Grande do Sul. I've been to São Paulo once but didn't have the time to go to this place in particular, unfortunately. It's exciting to now know that it can be pretty authentic in there, so we can have a taste of Japan in our own country :)
Não é autêntico não. Em maior parte são Koreanos que vêm imigrando desde 1963 para o Brasil (SP obviamente) e de chineses. Descendentes de japoneses que tem restaurantes, supermercados e lojas estão espalhados pela cidade...
Man, if you are still in São Paulo, on the same street (Rua Thomas Gonzaga) you went for sushi, I'd suggest that you visit Kintaro, it's a very tiny izakaya with a Japanese style lantern on its facade. The owner there speaks Japanese and you'll find some good snacks. They know a lot of good places you could go to.
@@GeorgeJapan Also, you should go to the sogo plaza, the big black store, it's kinda like a mini akihabara on the upper floors, whith electronics, games, TCGs, mangas and anime goods.
Hey George I hope you enjoyed your stay São Paulo! Just a quick heads up: here in Sao Paulo some restaurants do not open one day of the week because it usually runs 6x1. So probably that's why Espaço Kazu was closed. And about that, Espaço Kazu (the restaurant you were waiting to open) is different from Lamen Kazu (which is just across the street ahead) - the restaurant Murasan store's friend told you about. Both are from the same owner but Lamen Kazu is specialized on lamens. It's one of my favorite lamens here in São Paulo. Hope you can try it too one day! Have a nice stay here in Brazil!
Hey, George! Happy to know you're enjoying São Paulo's food! As for the restaurant being closed, was it a Monday? Many restaurants in Brazil have Monday as their "day off", so it might explain why they didn't open. Also, I don't think I've ever seen Liberdade so empty haha, you were lucky! On another note, as for there being less Japanese people over there, I'd guess it has to do with if being a touristic neighborhood and not really a good place to actually live (you borderline can't drive/walk there any other day besides the blessed one you chose to visit it). It's also too close to São Paulo's old center which sadly is a rather dangerous zone regarding pick pocketing. There are lots of Japanese people living in more residential neighborhoods in São Paulo, such as Saúde! I live in Vila Guarani Sul and I like to say that, during the early morning, it's time for the Japanese grandmothers' army to take a walk out, because there are just soooo many of them! They are super cute! If I am to recoment any other restaurant over there, I'd say try the hello kitty one! Their burguers are AMAZING. It's wagyu beef for a really affordable price!
Thanks for the tour! Mura-san speaks Japanese fluently, although he's second generation. I need that throat spray.... I caught a cold. Wow- that was a huge order of various sushi and sashimi! You look sooo happy with your miso shiru and tray of sushi and sashimi.💜🙏
I wasn't expecting you here in Brazil. I happy for this and for your good food experience. And you should visit another cities. There are amazing places for you. Please come to Curitiba!
Aha I just came from your comment to abroad in japan`s video of "japanese youtubers reacting to my video" to find out you're not only in my home country sooooo far away from Japan, but in a very nearby city! The world really works in mysterious ways. I hope you're enjoying staying here, and the cultural impact hasn't really gotten to you that much. When I visited Japan, everybody was just so polite and kind, it was truly my favorite country to visit, so I hope you're having a great time with my country instead :)
I'm so glad that you went to Brazil (I was there visiting family in June-July)! And love the new hair cut! I always tell my students (in Japan) about Liberdade 😊 next time, I'd recommend trying the Brazilian take on Japanese food as well (a few other Brazilian nikkei don't like it, but most of my family, friends and I love it). Btw, I lived my first 3 months of life in that district (where my parents met and lived for some years before I came into the picture).
Nice to see that you're in São Paulo! Kazu usually is closed on wednesdays, you can check on their website. Best day to visit is saturday - you'll see a nice amount of japanese street food in the main square, near the metro station, and Kazu is open for sure
Hey George, glad you enjoyed the food. So, the place you went to is called "Espaço Kazu", the "Kazu Lamen" that you were looking for is located in the same street a little further ahead, I made the same mistake the first time I went to try this Lamen haha
Hi George 👋🏽 Just wanted to say that I really loved this video. You have a really engaging style and your reactions to the food was amazing! 😂 Japan and Brazil are two countries that I really love so it was great to see both showcased here! I wish you all the best in your travels! All the best from Canada 🇨🇦
I’m so happy you liked the Japanese food in my home town! I now live in America and I always say that Japanese food in Brazil is so much better, I miss it so muuuch! I was in Sao Paulo in August on vacation visiting my family and I was walking those same streets! 懐かしい🥲 If you have the chance, go to Mugui restaurant, Rua da Gloria no. 111, 2nd floor, best yakisoba ever!
I'm so happy you enjoyed our Japanese town! I'm Brazilian from São Paulo and since I was a child I'm used to Japanese food. São Paulo has amazing Japanese restaurants but not only in Liberdade. I love the Japanese culture and I'm planning to visit your country next year! Excited !! ❤❤
I love Japan Town, my family is related to Japanese immigrants so growing up I always was in touch with the culture, I'm learning the language and Japan Town is perfect to go training the kanjis and communicate with the native people and meet new friends
There are lots of places in São Paulo dedicated to japanese culture like Pavilhão Japonês (Parque Ibirapuera), Japan House (Avenida Paulista), Museu Histórico da Imigração Japonesa (Liberdade). There are lots of Buddhist temples, like Templo Kaidozan Shoboji (Vila Mariana) - there are even monks from Japan living there -, and Templo Zulai (Cotia, a few KM away from São Paulo city). Not to mention lots of dojos that teaches tradicional martial arts like karate, kendo, judo, ninjutsu, and more. I'd recommend visiting Instituto Cultural Niten (Vila Mariana) and speak with sensei Jorge Kishikawa, he's one of the most graduated senseis on Miyamoto Musashi sword art in Western. If you have the opportunity to come back on July, that's when Festival do Japão happens. I guess that's one of the biggest japanese festivals in Brazil. It's a 3 days event with traditional dance, music, food, and much more.
I go to Sao Paulo once a month to go see my girlfriend and we always go to Liberdade, we have two friends (which are also a couple) that work together there and it's like our sitcom meetup spot, always makes me want to learn eastern languages so that I can speak to people working there in their languages, such a good video, I can see you feel embraced seeing your culture being well represented in such a different country
Olá, George. Amei seu vídeo e a sua reação com o bairro da Liberdade. São Paulo é a cidade onde nasci. Sou da terceira geração de descendentes de japoneses, pois meu avô materno e minha avó paterna nasceram no Japão e vieram para cá ainda muito novos. Ainda não tive a oportunidade de conhecer o Japão. O Lamen Kazu fica em frente do Espaço Kazu, e abre todos os dias, no almoço e no jantar e vale muito a pena conhecer. Então, espero que você tenha a oportunidade. A comunidade japonesa em São Paulo está espalhada por toda a cidade. Não fica apenas no bairro da Liberdade, sendo este bairro apenas a maior referência que temos. Há muitos descendentes, principalmente de Okinawa, na zona norte da cidade e muitos descendentes de outras províncias na zona sul de São Paulo. A cidade é muita grande. Espero que tenha sido muito bem acolhido pelos brasileiros e tenha gostado bastante de ter passado por nossa cidade. Obrigada pela visita. Até a próxima.
Oh, I miss this city so much! I'm a sansei living in Tokyo, but I was born and raised in São Paulo. Good to know you liked the Japanese food in Brazil. You should try churrasco. It's cheaper there than in Tokyo.
I've been watching your videos for quite a long time in my other account, it was a positive surprise to see this video! I've been to Liberdade only twice, because I live far, and Brazil is huge. But both times I had a blast. The people are so polite and kind, the experience is unique, and indeed the food is amazing. Another place I would recomend to visit on another oportunity, is the "Pavilhão Japonês" on Ibirapuera Park. Oh, and the Japanese Museum on Liberdade too. Thank you for your hard work and amazing content as always. Hope you enjoyed your stay!
I always wondered what an actual Japanese would think of Liberdade and this was such a lovely and kind review! I'm from another area of Brazil where there's no Japanese people and the year I moved there, 2006, was the 100th anniversary of Japanese immigration to São Paulo. There were so many beautiful celebrations and I fell in love with the culture and food! But indeed, not many Japanese in Liberdade now anymore as colonisation is so long ago that most Japanese have assimilated into wider Brazilian society no longer living only within an immigrant community.
This Japanese neighborhood began in the twentieth century when thousands of Japanese immigrated to Brazil to work on coffee plantations, and many families fled the harsh conditions of almost slave labor and settled in this location. Until the 1970s it was a more traditional Japanese neighborhood, it had two cinemas that showed Japanese films, but today there are many Korean and Chinese businesses in the area.
And the history of the japanese in brazil goes back even further than this, here in Amazonas the japanese immigration began in 1908, but unlike são paulo the Japanese here are more spread across the city.
actually the chinese mafia runs this area for years now. also the mafia runs some of the are in 25 de marco, ive even seen the chinese money collector lol, collecting money from all the stores
I was so happy to see this video. I'm Brazilian and have japanese roots. I can relate to your testimony saying that Japanese food in Sao Paulo is great, since I live here for 30 years. I hope you enjoyed your stay here!
Thank you to visit my country, I's so nice to see a Nice guy apreciate and make good comments for our places and foods etc Back again please, visit also Fortaleza. Amazonas etc Theres a lot of beautiful different places heres to visit
You need to try a japanese "eat all you can" restaurant in São Paulo. We call "Rodízio Japonês " paying the average price of+/_ 25$ dollars, you can eat and repeat all sushi/sashimi you can eat. Make a video reacting to our "brazilian" japanese food You find this only in Brazil
Yeah, those all you can eat are very popular here in Brazil. Just don't expect the same quality as this restaurant, although in general they are pretty good the price difference should be noted
Ramen Kazu is across the street. The one that was closed is "Espaço Kazu", where they have sushi and other dishes and upstairs there's a delli! Super good as well.
I am from Rio, living in Tampa, FL, for more than 20 years. Every summer, most of the weekends are spent with my friends, cooking a good Brazilian churrasco. Picanha is becoming easy to find around here, sell it as sirloin cap.
I'm from Sao Paulo. I'm glad to see you enjoyed Liberdade! I love to go there to buy candy, I LOVE japanese candy, there are some stores there that only sell candy. It's a very nice neighbourhood to walk and shopping, and to eat.
It's cool to see outsiders enjoying Brazil, even whit Brazil havin some serious problems we still love this country and love when people come to visit and like it!
I was born and raised in São Paulo even tough I have been living in the US for a long time. I love Liberdade! I am glad you enjoyed your time there. There is a street fair on Sundays that is fun to visit. Japan is high on my bucket ist!
I'm from Oz, (kangaroo, koala...), 'down under'. Travelling to Brazil has always been one of my goals in life, sadly, it is not to be. But, I try and live 'life' through amazing people like George, who shines a light of life and love for all who are kind and good, and lets everyone know it. Very heart warming to see and fascinating to glimpse different societies through their food, very clever!
The first time I visited Liberdade, some 22 years ago, it was a Japanese town. I returned many times and at each new visit, the number of Chinese people and shops increased in number. The last time I went to Liberdade, before the Pandemic, 2018, 2019, I don't remember, Korean shops or restaurants were still very few, but many Japanese tradicional shops had disappeared, the largest ones were partitioned in small spaces and most of them were selling cheap products from China. So, Liberdade is a mixed town now and getting more and more Chinese through the years.
Que vídeo maravilhoso. Estou me mudando para SP em breve e seu vídeo me deu vontade de visitar esses lugares também. Com certeza vou ver mais vídeos seus, obrigado!