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

Near Umedo Tunnel - 2

Date
Aug. 26, 1962
Sept. 27, 2014
Address
1-4 Umedo-cho, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Scenery around Umedo Tunnel. Five days after this photo was taken, police forces intervened in picketing to allow strike breaking to take place.
  • An uphill road near Umedo Tunnel. This road is sandwiched between a slope covered with concrete on the right and fences on the left.
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.