Minamata Konjyaku

View of Minamata city and the Chisso Minamata factory

Date
Nov. 13, 1962
Oct. 8, 2014
Address
2-chome, Yamate-cho, Minamata
  • 昔
  • 今
  • A full view of Chisso Minamata factory seen from the top of the mountain called Shinchiyama in Yamate-machi. Several chimneys are issuing smoke.
  • A view of Chisso Minamata Factory seen from the top of the mountain called Shinchiyama in Yamate-cho at present.
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.