Brazil

I took a vacation on April, 1999 in Brazil. I had been to only two countries, Japan and the US before this trip, and there is a different atmosphere from those two countries. (I went also to Paraguai and Arsentine). For Japan, Brazil is the fartest country in the world, but there are many Japanese immigrants in Brazil especially in Sao Paulo. Japanese-Brazilians took care of me very much, I had many funs there and I safely returned to the US, thanks to them. Little people can speak English in Brazil (even at the CITIBANK in Sao Paulo!). Although Brazil has a ecomonical problem and the difference between the richest and poorest is much larger than in Japan, there are a lot of marvelous fruits and foods. Due to the value of Brazilian currency lower on the early 1999, for travelers Brazilian goods are much cheaper and there is increase of travelers from abroads to Brazil.

Sao Paulo and its surroundings

Downtown in Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo has the largest population in the South America , and the population is more than 10 millions.

Liberdade. There is the largest Japanese district in the world other than in Japan. Some older Japanese-Brazilian people speak Japanese very well, but younger do not.

Guaruja, 200km southbound from the Sao Paulo city

Rio de Janeiro

Worldwide famous Copacabana beach. No one swims in April because of the ocean pollution

Worldwide famous Corcovado.

Foz do Iguacu

One of the biggest falls in the world. These waterfalls gave me a strong impression.

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June 24, 1999.