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Liberdade - Sao Paulo's Japantown

Hikari Daiko (Hikari Daiko group shot)


Published: March 4, 2008 Modified: April 11, 2025

The name of the group is Hikari Daiko.
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Hikari Daiko group shot

The members of Hikari Daiko after a performance at the Animeke Anime Festival in Liberdade, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (photo taken on Feb. 2, 2008)


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Liberdade - Sao Paulo's Japantown
Brazil is home to 1.5 million people of Japanese descent. Sao Paulo has the largest community of Nikkei in Brazil and the heart of the community is a district called Liberdade. In February 2008 I took a trip to Sao Paulo for the first time…
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