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Liberdade, São Paulo - SP
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| Preference: | Popular, $, Tourist-free |
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EditIt is a japanese district in Sao Paulo, near downtonw, where you can find since hotels to shops, respaurants and grocery in a Japanese style. Restaurants offer the best japanese food in Sao Paulo and there is also a public fair on Sundays, where you can find Japanese objects and food as well.
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| First to Review: | Gloria |
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Attraction , Tourist-free Updated 624 days ago
I think that it is more oriental than japanese town.
It is a good option to see on sundays when have a typical fair in the praça da liberdade. Lots of handicraft, clothes, and street food.
Originally it was a japanese place, but nowadays, chineses and koreans owns the majority of street japanese style shops and japanese food shops. There are many good chinese restaurants around. The japanese restaurant are concentrate in Rua Tomas gonzaga. I recommend Sushi Yassu at Tomas Gonzaga 98
I recommend to visit shop SOGO with many shops with lots of oriental things.
On sundays is common to see Cosplayers walking around.
Review by Reinaldo from Sampa
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Attraction , $ , Outdoors Updated 665 days ago
It is always interesting to walk around areas where asian immigrants decided to live toghether and somehow keep their traditions. It is always nice to try their food and in this area you can find not only chinese but also japanese, korean and other immigrants from the asian continent. I very much appreciate the oriental influence in culture as Peruvian society has much influence of chinese and japanese immigrants, but we do not have such a big area with different nationalities from asia on few blocks, it is a one of a kind experience and not expensive at all.
Review by S. Alejandro Lira / Σ. Α. Λυρας
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Shopping , Popular , $ Updated 740 days ago
What world travelers might find outstanding is that here it can't be considered a China-town, because Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Cambodians .... in short, Asians from all ethnic groups, as well as their offspring, live here together in the utmost harmony. Besides of course the 'regular' dwellers of São Paulo, these heritages, as in all of Brazil, of often hardly traceable miscegenation. It celebrates cosmopolitanism and world peace in it's purest form.
Review by Havelock "Jimmy" Campbell
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Dining , Tourist-free , Popular Updated 756 days ago
This is a very typical Japanese neighbourhood, with restaurants, shops, bookstores, hotels and a fair opened on Saturdays and Sundays. It´s very easy to be there by the metro Liberdade or by bus. The typical Japanese shops sell everything from pans to typical dresses. In the small shops selling food you can find all the ingredients to make Japanese food or you can go to one of the many restaurants in the region.
Review by Silvia Aquino
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Attraction Updated 758 days ago
Liberdade (“freedom” in Portuguese) is São Paulo's Asian district. Even though Liberdade features various Asian businesses, its origins and main cultural references are markedly Japanese, and so it's commonly referred to as the Japanese district.
Most historical information for this profile comes from Culturajaponesa.com, a fantastic online resource about Japanese culture in Brazil.
Location:
Liberdade's central location is a major plus for visitors and the best way to get there is by the São Paulo Subway . There is a station on Liberdade Square, at the very center of the area's action. Liberdade Station is on the blue line, one stop away from Sé, the main hub of São Paulo's subway system and the city's official center.
Main Attractions:
Besides its many Asian shops, Liberdade is home to:
* The Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil
* The Liberdade Fair
Origins of Liberdade:
The first Japanese immigrants in Brazil arrived in 1908 to work on the coffee plantations of the Southeast, especially in São Paulo State. Gradually, groups of immigrants established themselves in the state capital, São Paulo, then undergoing a massive growth process that owed a lot to the booming coffee business.
By 1912, the area now known as Liberdade had become popular among Japanese immigrants looking for an affordable place to live.
Difficult Times:
In the 1940s, Liberdade was a thriving area with many businesses tending to the Japanese community, Japanese schools, baseball games on the weekends and newspapers published in Japanese. In 1941, the Brazilian government suspended the publication of all newspapers in Japanese. When President Getúlio Vargas’s administration broke diplomatic relations with Japan in 1942, all the residents in the main Japanese enclave in the Liberdade area were expelled from their homes and could only return after World War II ended.
Important Changes:
Liberdade underwent major changes in the 1960s and 1970s. Chinese and Korean immigrants moved in; the São Paulo subway system was built and the area gained a station; Asian-style street lamps were put in place; the district got its current name.
Most improvements were initiated by Tsuyoshi Mizumoto, a Japanese businessman who wanted to honor his native land and show gratitude to his adopted country.
Festivals:
Liberdade Square and the neighboring streets host several celebrations. Among the most popular are the Chinese New Year and Sendai Tanabata Matsuri, in July, which celebrates a love legend and during which people tie pieces of paper with their wishes to decorative bamboo.
Review by Maristella Rosetto Escobar
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Shopping Updated 783 days ago
This quaint area of the city is known for it's Japanese influence on the city. I call it Japan town. The streets are decorated with typical Japanese style lights. The stores and local resteraunts are all authentice Japanese food and on the weekends there is a street fair selling trinkets. A great place to shop and eat.
Review by Val
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Activities , Family Updated 831 days ago
It's the Oriental town. You can buy oriental stuff, food, etc. There are many good Japanese, Chinese and Korean restaurants. There's also a good Chinese Bakery, called Doceira Alteza.
Review by Gloria
