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Kamari Maeda
Represent Japan TUGUMI
Performance “ETERNAL” in Brazil and All videos are available!

Rare video recordings of the “ETERNAL” performances held in June 2025 in three Brazilian cities and 11 venues are now available on Kamari Maeda’s official YouTube channel.

”GRANICA,“ an exhibition of ”ETERNAL” works, performances and live performances in Rio de Janeiro, Manaus and Brasilia, was approved and supported by the Japan Foundation as an overseas dispatch grant program.
We will show you the moving moment when he wrote the calligraphy with all his heart on the other side of the earth.

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・Enthusiastic performance at the Apolonio de Carvalho Auditorium of the Museum of the Republic of Rio de Janeiro (500 people)
・Interaction with children at the Portuguese-Japanese bilingual full-time state school (1,000 people) in commemoration of Professor Jarma da Cunha Batista
・Guestion of the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Brazil

Included are workshops at Japanese language schools in each city and a courtesy visit to the Embassy of Japan in Brazil.
A number of images capture moments of cultural exchange that transcend language barriers through calligraphy performances.
The warm reactions of the Brazilian people and their deep understanding of and excitement over Japanese calligraphy culture can be felt.

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Kamari Maeda’s official YouTube channel

▼Performance schedule (11 venues in total)

＜Rio de Janeiro＞
• June 16　State University of Rio de Janeiro (300 people)
• June 17　Apolonio de Carvalho Auditorium, Museo de la República (50 people)

＜Manaus＞
• June 18　State Bilingual School (Jalma da Cunha Batista)(500 people)
• June 18　Department of Japanese Language and Literature, Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)(50 people)
• June 19　Amazonas Shopping Center(100 people)
• June 21　Japan-Brazil Association of Western Amazon (500 people)

＜Brasilia＞
• June 22　Museu Nacional da República National Republican Museum of Fine Arts(500 people)
• June 23　Auditorium, Faculty of Letters, University of Brasilia(200 people)
• June 24　Exchange meeting with local calligraphy artists and dinner with REN Brazil members(50 people)

＜Rio Revisited＞
• June 26　CEFET Itaguaí Campus Auditorium(100 people)

Please come and see the excitement of international cultural exchange through calligraphy that took place on the other side of the globe.
This activity was supported by the Japan Foundation’s Overseas Visiting Grant Program.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those involved.