São José do Rio Preto, Country Style Capital

Known as the capital of the State of São Paulo's 8th regional administrative region, in Brazil, São José do Rio Preto, as it is also known, is proud to be the host of a number of country, cattle-breeding and agrobusiness events.


Cawboy no title or glory

Boy, I tell you a story of a Japanese man named Makoto Sekidô, who wanted to be competitive in the events of "bullriders," this was his dream, he spent his economic from a trip to another, always preparing or training alone , with much sacrifice came to the United States of America to participate in the famous competition, but before he attended various schools of this sport, even without cash and having to get in any event, contrary to the traditions of Japan and his family demanded that a marriage immediately because he had found a bride who understood his dream, even if the applicant was a Japanese man who walked the city streets, dressed in American cawboy, some time later was summoned to the family and the bride, who gave him one more chance go back to America and win the ratings and become a "Bullrider," the despair of not seeing your ideal get away, led the bride to Texas and married her in an arena, but to no avail, tradition is tradition, the wife supported the family demanded that "The Samurai of Arenas" decided, she or the rodeo, a contest seeking to give him the chance to realize the great dream and have a lot of money, facing a bull in front of the cameras of documentary, and lost through the second again, with the bull crashing into the fence and throwing him against the railing, standing up, his face reflected his sense, nor the audience or rider, the only happy at that moment was the woman who smiled happy to see the end of this story.

Makoto Sekidô in one of his favorite moments (photo release)
This event was documented on a live documentary by National Geographic, Makoto thereafter, began collecting fans, who reciprocates with special attention to all your effort does not actually give him a successful career with rich awards, but its effort is history by chasing a dream insistently, is what made him famous, and his story into a movie will still believe me.