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

Demonstration in the city

Date
Apr. 30, 1962
Jul. 26, 2014
Address
2-2-4 Sakurai-cho, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Demonstrators marched arm in arm between the Tsuda vegetable shop and the main gate. A Minamata barbershop can be seen behind them.
  • Fukuda Orthopedic Hospital stands on the site of the Tsuda vegetable shop. On the left side is Minamata Kyoritu Hospital. National Route 3 in front of the hospitals is always busy.
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.