Nagano Museum Relates Hardships of Japanese Agricultural Emigrants to Manchuria

Kitamura Eimi.

One of the regular talks at the museum given by former emigrants.

Reproduction of a poster to recruit emigrants.

A flag from Japan’s puppet state of Manchukuo that was brought back by a former member of one of the “youth pioneering brigades.”

Museum head, Terasawa Hidefumi.

Kani Rikiichirō.

Monument of Peace and Friendship (left), and an engraving of a poem by then Emperor Akihito during a visit by the royal couple in November 2016.