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

Demonstration march near Hachimangu shrine - 2

Date
Nov. 4, 1962
Sept. 7, 2014
Address
3 Hachiman-cho, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Union members demonstrated near the gate of Hachimangu shrine. They marched in lines wearing helmets with red headbands carrying the name “Shin-Nihon Chisso”.
  • The present gate of the Hachimangu shrine. The camphor tree seems to have grown bigger.
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.