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

Around Minamata Station - 2

Date
Jul. 13, 1962
Jul. 26, 2014
Address
1-1 Sakurai-cho, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • People were demonstrating in a 72-hour local strike in front of Minamata Station. A person possibly associated with the police on the right is monitoring the clapping audience.
  • The present Minamata Station. The forecourt that used to be crowded with demonstrators and audience now only has a few taxis waiting for customers.
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.