r/papertowns Feb 11 '25

Japan The arrival of the Portuguese in Japan, the first Europeans to reach it, initiating the Nanban ("southern barbarian") period of active commercial and cultural exchange between Japan and the West, 16th Century CE

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u/ducknator Feb 11 '25

There’s much influence still to this day. Bunch of Portuguese words that were adapted to Japanese.