Photographs of Chuetsu Earthquake: Top page of NDL Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU), 2023

October 20th, 2023

It has been nearly nineteen years since the Chuetsu Earthquake struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23, 2004. In commemoration of this tragic natural disaster, five photographs from the Nagaoka City Historical Archives* will be exhibited on the top page of HINAGIKU from October 20th to November 5th.
*On July 1st, 2023, the name of the archive was changed from "the Historical Archive Section in Nagaoka City Central Library" to "the Nagaoka City Historical Archives".

In addition to local historical materials, the Nagaoka City Historical Archives also makes records of the Chuetsu Earthquake and other events available to the public. It collects documentary materials related to disasters and reconstruction in Nagaoka City and works with citizen volunteers to organise and preserve them, passing on the experiences and memories of the disaster to the future.