What is it like to make Brazilian music in Japan? Are audiences very demanding?
VD: As I said previously, I used to stay here for about six months. I’d work at night performing at houses that featured Brazilian music, some restaurants, playing Bossa Nova. You know, a stool, the acoustic guitar, “The Girl from Ipanema,” and in between one song and another, I’d perform one of my own compositions. The Japanese public seems to be very curious about our culture and they value Brazilian things a lot. Undoubtedly, some Japanese people have a lot of interest and know our culture, too. There is a strong relationship between Brazil and Japan, as you know, since the time of the large Japanese immigration to Brazil at the beginning of last century. Coincidentally, my first stop here was in the city of Kobe, the same city from where many Japanese left to go to Brazil. Kobe is a port and sister city of Rio de Janeiro.
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