Registro

Registro is in the South Coast region of São Paulo. The largest city of the Ribeira Valley, one of the poorest regions of the state, Registro contains a valuable Japanese heritage.

Understand
Registro, as much as the rest of the Ribeira Valley, was settled in the 17th century as a gold mining community, but prosperity didn't last long. In the beginning of the twentieth century, the region gained new life with the arrival of thousands of Japanese immigrants, brought by the Kaigai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (KKKK) company, and who started cultivating rice and tea in the region.

The municipality of Registro was created in 1944. Agriculture remains important to the city's economy, and it is also a center of services of the Ribeira Valley. If there is a major attraction in Registro, it is the cultural heritage left by one of the earliest waves of Japanese immigrants to Brazil.

Buy
Typical products from Registro include mats, bags and sandals made of beak-sedge, brought in 1933 by Japanese immigrants which is now cultivated only in Registro and in Sete Barras.