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

Power transmission lines

Date
Aug. 31, 1962
Jul. 26, 2014
Address
1 Sakae-machi, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Sound trucks passing by the union headquarters (on the right). The Shiranui-go of Shin-Nihon Chisso Labor Union, the Hatakaze-go of Miike Labor Union, and trucks of Japanese Federation of Synthetic Chemistry Workers' Unions as well as general council of trade unions of other prefectures joined the demonstration to express their support. Some trucks had large loudspeakers.
  • The present Chisso power transmission station. A building supply shop stands in the back.
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.