TIN

Description: RECTANGULAR TIN WITH REMOVABLE LID. TIN HAS A BRUSHED FINISH. LABEL ON FRONT OF TIN HAS A MOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND AND PINK FLOWERS IN THE FOREGROUND. READS "JAPANESE CRACKERS RAKKA KAKIMOCHI NET WT. 113G X 22 PACKED BY SHIMIZU & CO., LTD. YOKOHAMA MADE IN JAPAN". ALSO LISTS INGREDIENTS. THERE IS BROWN TAPE AROUND LID AND BODY OF TIN. INSIDE TIN ARE 2 PIECES OF CORRUGATED PAPER. TIN HAS SOME RUSTING AND ACCRETIONS ON FRONT AND BOTTOM.

History: ORIGINALLY LOANED TO MUSEUM FOR NIKKEI TAPESTRY EXHIBIT IN 2003. DONATED TO THE MUSEUM IN 2004 BY THE RAYMOND BUDDHIST CHURCH WHICH BEGAN ON JULY 1ST 1929. THE BUDDHIST CHURCH WAS A TWO STORY BUILDING (BOUGHT IN 1929) THE SECOND FLOOR WAS USED HAS THE CHAPEL WHILE THE LOWER FLOOR WAS PARTLY USED FOR THE SMALL STORE KOBAI. KOBAI HAD A SEPARATE FINANCIAL SET-UP FROM THE CHURCH ITSELF, WAS AN INTEGRAL SUPPORTER OF THE CHURCH. RICE, SHOYU AND MISO WERE AMONG SOME OF THE MORE POPULAR ITEMS SOLD AT THE STORE. IT WAS SAID THAT THE STORE OFFERED A HAVEN FOR NEW HOUSEWIVES WHO HAD RECENTLY COME TO CANADA FROM JAPAN. THE STORE FINALLY CLOSED ITS DOORS AFTER 60 YEARS. THE ROOM USED FOR THE STORE WAS LATER USED HAS A ALTERNATIVE CHURCH SERVICE ROOM AND CALLED "KOBAI MUSEUM" DUE TO ITEMS THAT REMAINED IN THE ROOM FROM THE STORE. THE RAYMOND BUDDHIST TEMPLE WAS SOLD IN 2006 DUE TO BEING UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SUPPORT FROM THE YOUNGER MEMBER'S WHO WERE LEAVING TO MOVE TO LARGER URBAN AREAS.