Liberdade - São Paulo's Japanese District
by lfcastro
Japanese District - São Paulo
by lfcastro
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Between the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, coffee was the main export product of Brazil. At first, Brazilian farmers used African slave labour in the
coffee platantions. However, with the end of the slavery in Brazil the country suffered lack of workforce. The Brazilian elite decided to attract European immigrants to work in the coffee plantations. Most of the immigrants were Italians.
In 1902, however, Italy prohibided subsidized immigration to Brazil, closing the door for newcomers.
The end of feudalism in Japan has generated great poverty in the rural population. Many Japanese began to migrate in search of better living conditions. In 1907, the Brazilian and the Japanese governments sign a treaty for the arrival of Japanese immigrants to Brazil.
100 years after that, Brazil now has the biggest Japanese community outside Japan, there are 1.5 million japanese descendents living in Brazil. In São Paulo, Japaneses have their own subdivision, called Liberdade ( Liberty), that looks a lot with Tokyo or Osaka.
source: http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/100-years-japanese-immigration-brazil
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Workshop in Cescon - São Vicente - MARCH 2008
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