
What could two countries as far apart as Japan and Portugal possibly have in common? In fact, there is a 500-year-old exchange to discover, revealed in gastronomy, objects, fashion, and language. In 15 episodes, we explore this unique bridge of a centuries-old friendship that so few people know about.
1. The encounter
The encounter
2. The journey of flavors
3. Sónia Itō e Beniko Tanaka
4. The Namban art and Manga
5. The Tenshô embassy and influence on fashion
6. Trade between two extremes
7. Between the words and Luís de Fróis
8. Moraes and the tea: an assumed enchantment
9. The emperor's friend and the power of the word
10. Christians in a Buddhist and Shinto country
11. The family Tsuchya and medicine
12. The Álvares couple and fado
13. Episode 13
14. Episode 14
15. Episode 15