1543
On September 23, 1543, after a day of great storms, a crowd gathered to wake up Nishimura Oribenojo , the chief of a village on the island of Tanegashima, in the extreme south of Japan.
Francisco Zeimoto, António Peixoto and António da Mota, Portuguese navigators in the service of King John III, had just arrived in Japan.
There was a commotion on the beach.
Men with hairy faces, long noses, strange eyes and dirty, brown, curly hair.
The first Westerners had just set foot in the Empire of the Rising Sun.
Namban Screens - National Museum of Ancient Art
1543 - 2023
480 years have passed since this first meeting of cultures, three livestock producers in Portugal, breeders of the Japanese Wagyu cattle breed, which is famous for producing the best meat in the world, decided to come together to create the first national meat brand for fullblood Wagyu animals, born and raised in Portugal. Following the ancient Japanese traditions of love and respect for animals.
Our team
We are three different breeders, on three different farms, but with the same rigor and the same care!
