 Most viewed - Japanese Overseas Migration Museum 海外移住資料館 |
The Japanese Overseas Migration Museum is operated by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Yokohama. There are permanent exhibitions explaining the immigration to Hawai'i, continental USA, and South America.122 views
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Anti-Japanese campaign poster in Washington state, USA, 1921.122 views
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This map shows how many emigrated from each prefecture. Hiroshima had a whopping 109,893 number of emigrants.107 views
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Medals donated by Robert Walker Irwin's granddaughter Yukiko Irwin to the Japanese Overseas Migration Museum. On left is the Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Knights Grand Cross Star. The medal on the right is The Order of the Rising Sun.107 views
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Royal Order of Kamehameha I, Knights Grand Cross Star awarded by King Kalakaua for distinguished service to the king and the people of Hawaiʻi.106 views
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S.S. City of Tokio brought the first Kanyaku Imin to Honolulu, Hawai'i in Feb. 1885 after leaving Yokohama in Jan. A few months later in June 1885, the ship ran aground and sank in Tokyo Bay.103 views
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Okinawa also had a large number of emigrants: 89,424102 views
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The S.S. Nippon Maru, the last emigrant ship that departed Yokohama on Feb. 14, 1973. Migrants by ship decreased dramatically by the 1960s due to air travel and higher living standards in Japan.102 views
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Passport issued to one of the first Kanyaku-imin emigrants to Hawaii. (Replica)101 views
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Luggage to Brazil. Crate has marking for Omi-cha tea from Shiga Prefecture.101 views
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Guide book for those wanting to emigrate to Hawaii, 1904. (replica)101 views
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Oregon Japanese farmers100 views
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History of Japanese emigration to overseas.100 views
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Hawaii exhibit had a Newspaper ad: "Go to Hawaii as a migrant worker and become rich"99 views
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Hawaii emigration exhibit at Japanese Overseas Migration Museum, Yokohama99 views
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Passports issued to picture brides stopped in 1920. This young couple had a picture marriage right before then.99 views
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Total number of emigrants from Japan was 760,000.98 views
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Hawaii emigration exhibit at Japanese Overseas Migration Museum, Yokohama97 views
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History of Japanese emigration: Embarking on the voyage and emigration restrictions. 97 views
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Roster of kanyaku imim laborers to Hawaii. 1885 (replica)96 views
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Tools used by Japanese immigrants in Brazil.96 views
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Japanese-Americans during World War II.96 views
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What the immigrants brought with them to Brazil.96 views
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Six-generations of a family on Maui, Hawai'i. They started with immigrants from Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1891.96 views
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The museum also has a restaurant with an outdoor terrace (open 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 9 pm).95 views
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Kanyaku imin for emigrants to Hawaii95 views
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US-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce, signed in 1858 in Edo (replica)95 views
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"Journey to the Americas" exhibit95 views
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Cosmetics95 views
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Japanese school activities95 views
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Entrance to Japanese Overseas Migration Museum. 10 am - 5 pm (enter by 4:30 pm), closed Mon. (open if a national holiday and closed on Tue. instead) and Dec. 29-Jan. 3.94 viewsThe museum is operated by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which is Japan's version of the Peace Corps.
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Employee ID tag (bango 番号) from Maui, and a check sent home by an immigrant in Hawaii (replica). 188994 views
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Coffee in Brazil94 views
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Luggage and personal effects brought by the immigrants. This person arrived Brazil in 1931. Japanese footwear, umbrella, sewing kit, hair cutter.93 views
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Farmers and fishermen in the Americas.93 views
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Agriculture92 views
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Tariff Convention, signed on July 25, 1866 in Edo. (Replica)91 views
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Passport dating from 1866-1876. From 1876, the present Japanese word for "passport" (ryoken 旅券) began to be used. Before that it was called "menjo 免状."91 views
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Sports, religion, women's groups, and other Japanese organizations.91 views
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Japanese schools were started so that the nisei children could learn Japanese and be better prepared when or if their parents decided to move back to Japan.91 views
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Medical things and medicines90 views
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There are also changing or special exhibitions so it's worth visiting more than once. Besides exhibition rooms, the museum has a reference library (closed on Sun.) with a collection of 20,000 books and materials about Japan's immigration.89 viewsIt even has kami-shibai (picture card stories). You can browse through recent Japanese novels such as "Japanese-Americans 99 Years of Love."
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The person brought a karate uniform when emigrating to Brazil in 1968 and established a karate school.89 views
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Japanese-language newspapers started to be published (mimeographed) from the 1890s in the San Francisco Bay Area.89 views
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Coffee beans in Brazil86 views
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