What do japanese people thinks about Portugal?

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1. ヨーロッパのブラジル？

2. Just another European country? It’s pretty far away and Japanese people don’t know much about other countries

3. I know.

4. not japanese, but only experience I heard of Portugal coming up was with tempura and that little star shaped candy that’s portuguese

5. I think the answer is that most do not.

6. Kids learn about Francis Xavier in Social Studies/History classes, who was a Catholic missionary that spent time in Japan. Ask any highschool student who *Furansisko Zabieru* is.

   Also, the *Tanegashima* arquebus long guns (the first ever mass adopted firearm in Japan) were famously introduced by the Portuguese, which led to some decisive battles in Japanese history, e.g. the [Battle of Nagashino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nagashino).

   More modern examples would undoubtedly be soccer and the Portuguese league.