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

A local shopping district at year-end

Date
Dec. 25, 1962
Jul 28, 2014
Address
2-2-1 Asahi-machi, Minamata City
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Asahi-machi shopping district at year-end. Hara Shoe Shop had various sized advertising displays. The labor dispute was not settled in December, and continued into the next year but without fierce conflicts.
  • The present Asahi-machi shopping district. Some shuttered shop can be seen. Hara Shoe Shop has been replaced with a drug store.
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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