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

Demonstrators leaving a police station

Date
Aug.12, 1962
Sept.22, 2014
Address
2-4-1 Tenjin-cho, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Next to the former police station were Sonoda Barbershop and Kubo Tire Shop. From the Housewives Group, 3,500 members attended a rally for families of union members on August 12. The housewives continued to encourage the union members.
  • A footbridge built next to the site of the police station.
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.
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