Hi, there!
Tagawa City Coal Mining Historical Museum is open as usual.
We would like to inform you of our special exhibition which will end on July 26 in today's weblog.
Special exhibition related to what happened in Tagawa in 1964 is being held in our museum. As you know, first Olympic Games in Tokyo was held in 1964. Mitsui Tagawa Coal Mine was closed in the same year while people in Japan were in a festival mood in the Olympic Games. You can look back on those days with our exhibitions.
At that time, Sakubei Yamamoto started to create coal mining paintings with water color. First, he painted children in coal pits and then works inside the coal pits. We exhibit his works which were painted around 1964 till July 26. You can look at how children played in Chikuho area in old days.
Note: We exhibit 30 replicas and 2 originals of his pictures.
You can look at his 585 pictures which were registered in UNESCO with English translation below website.
http://www.y-sakubei.com/english/index.html
Please wear masks and keep social distance when you visit our museum.
