Minamata Konjyaku

The site of Chisso-Shiroyama Dormitory

Date
Sept. 2, 1962
Sept. 27, 2014
Address
1-13-8 Kojo, Minamata
  • 昔
  • 今
  • The Shiroyama Dormitory was a facility for single employees who were high school graduates from other areas. On the verandas, a large amount of washing is hanged out. The road people are walking down does not seem to have been paved yet.
  • This is the site where the Chisso-Shiroyama Dormitory was located. The dormitory was demolished. In the picture, you can see some private residences.
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.