To commemorate the Japanese era in the Northern Mariana Islands, the NMI Museum will feature a new exhibit for the next three months, featuring the way of life on the islands during that time.<\/p>\n
NMI Museum executive director Maggie S. Sablan said during an interview yesterday that the museum would feature the Japanese exhibit beginning this Monday, Oct. 4 to Dec. 31.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very excited,\u201d Sablan said. \u201cIts always exciting when we\u2019re going to put up a new exhibit. It\u2019s something new and actually, the making of it too is very exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sablan, along with the museum\u2019s exhibits curator, Noel B. Quitugua, disclosed that the exhibit would include a segment dedicated to Haruji Matsue, who is credited with introducing the sugar refinery industry to the NMI.<\/p>\n
Sablan said the section also includes Matsue\u2019s scrapbook, which was donated to the museum by his son and grandson last year.<\/p>\n
Also among the features are photos of the various infrastructures, harvesting of sugar and the sugar mill, the trains used to transport the sugar, roads, and several other agricultural and industrial features, as well as the old Japanese hospital, which is the building the museum currently occupies.<\/p>\n
All artifacts and several photos are from Saipan, while several photos are from Tinian.<\/p>\n
Sablan said the presentation of the exhibit would coincide with a Japanese festival scheduled in October.<\/p>\n
She encouraged everyone, particularly students, to take a tour of the exhibit once it opens. \u201cIt\u2019s history of their [students] place, and the nice thing about it is that when they grow up and go off to school, they\u2019ll have something to talk about\u2026they have a big history,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Sablan said she has received positive feedback from many kids who have toured previous exhibits.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey get very excited and are in awe, saying \u2018we use to be like this?\u2019 so when they come in here, they\u2019re amazed and it\u2019s very exciting to know that we\u2019re giving them something new to learn about,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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