Museu Histórico da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil, Immigration history museum in Liberdade district, São Paulo, Brazil

The Museu Histórico da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil occupies the 7th to 9th floors of the Bunkyo Building in Liberdade, São Paulo, with 1,592 m² of exhibits. Its collection holds over 97,000 items, including photos, films and videos. The 7th and 8th floors cover 1895 to the post-war period, while the 9th floor, added in 1997, addresses the 50 years after World War II.

The museum opened on 18 June 1978, the 70th anniversary of Japanese immigration to Brazil, in a building of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture; Prince Akihito and President Ernesto Geisel attended the ceremony. Its 7th and 8th floors, built that year, cover the 1895 Treaty of Friendship, the 1908 arrival of the first immigrants and the colonial centres from 1913. The 9th floor, added in 1997 and finished in 2000, covers the post-war decades and the resumption of diplomatic relations in 1952.

The museum's name is kept in Portuguese, and its eighth-floor search system lets people of Japanese descent trace immigrant relatives by name, retrieving departure and arrival dates, port of entry and home province. The Bunkyo building also houses the Japanese-Brazilian Art Museum on the first floor and two auditoriums seating 1,300 and 100.

The museum is located within the Bunkyo Building, and visitors should plan time to explore the multiple floors and exhibits. Staff members can guide you through archival records if you wish to research family connections or historical background.

The museum holds a special collection focusing on the post-World War II decades, showing how the Japanese community adapted during a challenging period. This section reveals lesser-known stories about how people navigated these transformations in their daily lives.