Around Saiwai-machi
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- Saiwai-bashi Bridge and Minamata Daiichi Elementary School. The river coast had hardly been developed. The building with a chimney in the back is Minamata City Hall.
- Saiwai-bashi Bridge and a newly built Moyaikan, which was a medical and welfare complex for citizens.
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.