Portugal is the most celebrated country in Japan, for its enormous contribution to Japanese history, for having influenced the development, opening, modernization, cultural and technological expansion that allowed the eternal civil war to end and that solidified the union of Japan.
All students in Japan learn about Portugal and Japanese scholars increasingly add crucial aspects of Portugal's influence on Japan.
The influence of the Portuguese can be seen in language, cuisine, medicine, art, technology and even clothing, as it had become fashionable to dress Portuguese style.
There are several festivals that celebrate the arrival of the Portuguese, especially in Tanegashima where, in addition to the great celebrations in which the population dresses according to the season, children also participate by singing the Portuguese anthem, while scale replicas of the Portuguese boats parade through the crowd.
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