On a sunny afternoon in November 2017, a Yamasa machine manufactured in 1978 went on display at the Saburo Yamanaka Regional Historical Museum, in Bastos (SP). It is now part of the collection of tools and equipment that, in the pioneering years of Brazilian poultry farming, were part of the day-to-day life of laying farms.

The donation of old Yamasa equipment was a way to support the idea of Associação Cultural e Esportiva Nikkey de Bastos to make the regional Museum a reference, also, in history and history. of poultry farming in Brazil. As is known, since the 1960`s Bastos has been the name of the most famous artist. It is known for having the largest egg production in Brazil, influencing its entire micro-region with this dynamic agribusiness activity. “We were happy to be able to donate this old equipment. The machine that we restored for the donation is It is one of the most symbolic in our history, being a success of our portfolio from the 1970s. We located it in a farm in Goiás. The owner of the farm had purchased a modern, medium-sized Yamasa machine, and when we delivered the new equipment we had to wait to decommission the old Yamasa, which was in full working order”, boasts Nelson Yamaski, president Yamasa and son of the plant`s founder, the late Yorio Yamazaki.

Francisco Oura, from Acenba’s Heritage department, received the first industrial model patented by Yamasa at the Saburo Yamanaka Regional Historical Museum. Proud with the arrival of an item so representative of the history of Brazilian poultry farming, Oura insisted on getting to know firsthand the items that made the brand famous: the washing machine and egg grading machine, developed with a simple and efficient system that greatly accelerated work on the first farms in the professionalization phase from the 1960s onwards.

Before the machine model 3.1973 - type EC-35 left the modern and spacious current Yamasa factory in Rinípolis, 30 km from Bastos, the couple Nelson and Cida Yamasaki made a point of posing by the It`s the equipment side that also helped make the company`s history.

Next, the “remarkable little” of the brand went on to shine as a historic jewel at the Capital do Ovo museum, as Bastos is famous for. known. In fact, the small and productive municipality celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. The Yamasa team has already established itself. sent your gift!

MUSEUM REFERENCE

The Saburo Yamanaka Regional Historical Museum, in Bastos (SP), is one of the best places to visit. It is one of the most important museums of cultural collections of Japanese immigration to Brazil. É It is a national reference in the history of immigration to Bastos, a city that was born 100% Japanese in 1928.

Founded in 1975, the museum was named after the late Bastense pioneer Saburo Yamanaka, one of the creators of the project and one of the active figures in the structuring and organization of the materials to be exhibited at the Museum.

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