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Founded in 1978, the Japanese Immigration History Museum in Brazil (MHIJB) is part of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Assistance (Bunkyo) and aims to preserve, disseminate and record the history of Japanese immigrants in Brazil. The MHIJB was inaugurated on June 18, 1978, conceived as the grand event to mark the 70th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Brazil. The opening ceremony was attended by the then Crown Prince Akihito of Japan and President Ernesto Geisel. The goal of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture (Bunkyo-SP), responsible for the initiative, was to record and preserve everything that could tell the story of the lives of Japanese immigrants in Brazil. The MHIJB currently has 1,592 m² of exhibition space, divided into 3 floors: the 7th, 8th and 9th floors, located in the Bunkyo Building, in the Liberdade neighborhood. The first two floors were built in 1978 and house documents and objects that cover the period from the signing of the Brazil-Japan Friendship Treaty (1895), the arrival of the first immigrants (1908), the colonial centers (from 1913 onwards), and the polyculture industry. The 9th floor, opened in November 2000, focuses on the 50 years since the war. It portrays the changes in the Nikkei community, the arrival of Japanese companies, and the contribution of Japanese-Brazilians to Brazilian society. On another floor (3rd floor) are the library and collection, which totals more than 5,000 objects, 28,000 written documents (including diaries, books, newspapers, magazines) and approximately 10,000 photos. The objective of the MHIJB in participating in Discover Nikkei is to disseminate the history of Japanese immigrants in Brazil to Nikkei communities in other countries and to build cooperative relationships in favor of preserving Nikkei history and identity.


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Event
Dec. 2, 2009 - Jan. 31, 2010 | In Person São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibition "Personalities and the Museum"

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The Nikkei piece of Minas Gerais
One of the characteristics of Japanese immigrants in Brazil was the intense movement of families and/or groups in search of better working conditions in both rural and urban areas. This spatial mobil…
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Event
July 17, 2009 - July 19, 2009 | In Person São Paulo, Brazil
12th Japan Festival

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March 3, 2009 - March 27, 2009 | In Person São Paulo, Brazil
Kimonos & Kimonos Exhibition 02/03/09 - 27/03/09

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Discover Nikkei visits Tozan Farm
On September 20, 2008, Discover Nikkei, together with its Brazilian affiliates - Museu Histórico da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil and the Associação Brasileira de Estudos Japoneses - held the symposiu…

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100 Years of Japanese Immigration: The Multiple Identities of the Nikkei Community
In 2008, countless events about the Centennial of Japanese Immigration spread to places beyond the cities of São Paulo and Paraná, considered the two places with the largest concentration of Japanese…

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Celso Ramos Colony
This collection approaches the history of the Celso Ramos Colony, founded in 1964 near the city of Curitibanos - Santa Catarina. The community is the result of a joint effort between the state govern…

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