Minamata Konjyaku

Drainage ditch at Yabusa

Date
Aug. 19, 1962
Jul. 26, 2014
Address
1-chome, Minato-machi, Minamata
  • 昔
  • 今
  • The drainage ditch of Chisso from which people could see from the bridge of the entrance of the Yabusa area. A three-sided seal is not applied and both sides of the ditch are full of grass.
  • The present drainage ditch. The three-sided seal of concreate has been applied.
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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