Minamata Konjyaku

Around Asahi-machi

Date
Oct. 3, 1962
Oct. 21, 2014
Address
2-1 Asahi-machi, Minamata
  • 昔
  • 今
  • Around Asahi-machi where some restaurants were located. The front building worked like an advertising tower, displaying signs for sake and beer.
  • Around Asahi-machi at present. There are some shops including a store of Japanese steamed bean-jam buns.
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.