2007-04-09 19:43:33 · 4 answers · asked by ookaninam2000 2 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
In 2000 there were about 250,000 Brazilians in Japan. Besides Tokyo, Toyota City has had a lot of Brazilian immigrants due to Toyota needing labor to make cars.Oizumi a town of 42,000 has about 6500 foreigners, mostly Brazilians.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=82751
Today there are 370,000 Latin Americans immigrants in Japan.
http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2349
Tokyo even has an annual Samba festival in Asakusa.
http://tanny.cup.com/japansamba/
2007-04-09 23:17:42 · answer #1 · answered by ami.kawabata 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I dated a Brazillian girl that lived in Tsurumi. It's about 8km south of Tokyo. There are many Brazillians living there. Many restaraunts and shops specializing in Brazillian products.
2007-04-10 22:18:21 · answer #2 · answered by mattysensei 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hamamatsu has lots of Brazilians.
2007-04-11 13:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you have it backwards...There are a large number of Japanese living in Brazil.
2007-04-10 03:24:20 · answer #4 · answered by Japan_is_home 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋