Yabusa area
- Date
- Aug. 19, 1962
- Jul. 26, 2014
- Address
- 1 Minato-machi, Minamata City
- Shimizu Iron Factory in Yabusa area with a hill in the background. The words of “Factory designated by Shin-Nihon Chisso” can be seen on the exterior wall. On the right stands a picketing booth and union members who were watching the factory. On the left side was the drainage ditch of Chisso toward Hyakuken area.
- The present Yabusa area. A car dealer and a gas station face each other across the road.
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.
