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

Around Umedo Tunnel

Date
Aug.26, 1962
Jul. 26, 2014
Address
1-4 Umedo-cho, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Union members checking the barricades nearby Umedo Tunnel. On August 31, police forces intervened in picketing to allow strikebreaking to occur.
  • Guardrails and fences above Umedo Tunnel.
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.