Journey through Time and Space with the Shin-Nihon Chisso Labor Union

Around Tsuruta Crossing

Date
Dec. 4, 1962
Nov. 12, 2014
Address
4-1 Nanpukuji, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • People were seeing off the organizers waving union flags. Some other people with flags were walking toward Tsuruta Crossing and an old-fashioned train was passing before them. Many people also went to Minamata Station to send off the train filled with the organizers from Miike Coal Miners' Union.
  • The present scenery around Tsuruta Crossing. The roads are paved and a big crossing gate has been installed. Electric wires also can be seen.
Reference sources
  • The Edo Period:
    The Picture Map of Ashikita-gun, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, the late Edo Period.
  • The Meiji Period:
    The Japanese National Atlas at the end of Edo Period and in the Meiji Period, Kashiwa Shobo, Collection of Kumamoto Gakuen University Library, 1983.