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

Picketers taking a rest

Date
Jul. 25, 1962
Nov. 7, 2014
Address
1 Showa-machi, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Picketers were taking a quick rest on the path near the main gate of Chisso. Some other people were taking a nap on the bridge over the drainage ditch.
  • Showa Kaikan seen from the main gate of Chisso. The bridge where the picketers once took a nap is replaced with a sturdier one.
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.